Legal Texts

Licensing applications account for 12% of all matters that come before the District Court. The licensing code, as it is generally called, embraces a multitude of provision contained in the Licensing Acts, statutes dealing with the Revenue Commissioners, illicit distillation and the registration of clubs. Anomalies abound throughout the patchwork of statutes which constitute this code. In the first decade of this century, five intoxicating liquor Acts have added their own complexities to the code and the relevant provisions of these Acts have been incorporated into previous editions of the book.

Irish law. Within a legal context and having regard to climate change and security of energy supply, the book defines energy, identifies its sources and examines its associated networks and categorises the sources of energy law.

This book is about how judges undertake this task. It is about forces on the judicial role and their consequences, about empirical research from a variety of academic disciplines that observes and verifies how factors can affect how judges judge.

This new edition of William Binchy's definitive work on private international law is substantially revised, expanded and updated to include all the developments of the past 18 years, including the relevant international conventions and instruments.

An invaluable resource for law practitioners in Ireland. Complete with all amendments made to the Rules since 1986 and updated to 1 January 2023, this book provides users with an up-to-date guide to legal procedure and practice in the Superior Courts.

Employment Equality Law covers not just sex equality, but all aspects of employment equality law covered by the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2011. It covers Irish law, as well as EU law and decisions of the European Court of Justice, and on occasion, important precedents from other jurisdictions

Child witnesses pose unique challenges to the legal system, and courtrooms are daunting and alien to children. Timely and truly international in scope, this volume focuses on the techniques and procedures used to accommodate child witnesses in legal systems - and on research investigating the effectiveness and implications of those techniques - around the world: England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Israel, South Africa, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and India. Featuring the work of renowned scholars from the international psycholegal community, the volume not only provides support for all countries seeking to broaden their approach to child psychology and law, but also promotes justice in thos