Legal Texts

The Probate Office has introduced changes intended to bring a degree of clarity to probate procedures for practitioners and to increase the efficiency of the Probate Office. These new rules will reduce the likelihood of papers being queried and are intended to make the system more legally robust and relevant.

As with its popular predecessor, Constitutional Law: Texts, Cases and Materials. Second Edition, follows the casebook method in exploring the general principles and themes of Irish constitutional law. Short excerpts from cases and academic materials are seamlessly integrated with the authors’ own expert analysis.

European Union Treaties and related secondary legislation provides students and practitioners with an easy to use and accessible version of the Treaties of the European Union and secondary legislation.

New to this edition Amended Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts came into effect in 2011 Entirely new section on language rights in criminal proceedings and judicial review New section on judicial review warrants (including bench warrants, arrest warrants, search warrants and committal warrants) New section on blameworthy prosecutorial delay in criminal proceedings involving children and the Children Act 2001 New section on judicial review of decisions of the executive concerning temporary release, remission and enhanced remission. All chapters have bee substantially revised and rewritten to incorporate all important recent legislative and judicial developments.