Constitutionalism in Ireland, 1932–1938

National, Commonwealth, and International Perspectives

Donal K. Coffey (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIII, 235 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-76236-4 (ISBN)

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The first of two volumes, this book examines constitutionalism in Ireland in the 1930s. Donal K. Coffey places the document and its drafters in the context of a turbulent decade for the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and Europe. He considers a series of key issues leading up to its drafting, including the failure of the 1922 Constitution, the rise of nationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, and the abdication of Edward VIII. He sketches the drafting process, examines the roles of individual drafters and their intellectual influences, and considers the Constitution's public reception, both domestically and internationally. This book illuminates a critical moment in Irish history and the confluence of national, Commonwealth, and international influences that gave rise to it, for scholars of Irish history as well as of legal, constitutional, and Commonwealth history more broadly.

Donal K. Coffey is Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

1. The Rise of Fianna Fáil and the Failure of the Constitution of the Irish Free State.- 2. Advancing the Republican Project.- 3. The Abdication of King Edward VIII.- 3. Constitutional Drafting and Contemporary Debates.- 5. The Reception of the Irish Constitution: May-July 1937.- 6. Aftermath.

"[Coffey] is almost unique in combining the skills of an expert historian and constitutional lawyer and with these two stunning books he takes this research to an entirely new level. ... Coffey has produced two companion volumes which are likely to stand the test of time as the definitive accounts of the drafting of the Constitution. These two volumes combine the assiduous attention to detail of the historian with the lucid and crisp analysis of a profound constitutional scholar." (Gerard Hogan,Parliaments, Estates and Representation, Vol. 40 (3), 2020)

Erscheinungsdatum	09.06.2018
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Modern Legal History
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 235 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	457 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
Schlagworte	1937 Irish Constitution • Abdication and the Commonwealth • Abdication of King Edward VIII • Commonwealth history • constitutionalism in Ireland • Constitution of the Irish Free State • Eamon de Valera • Fianna Fail • Fine Gael • international constitutionalism • Irish constitutional culture • Irish Constitutional History • Irish constitutional history in the 1930s • Irish Free State • Irish Nationalism • John Hearne • Ryan Vs. Lennon • The Irish Free State and the Abdication Crisis
ISBN-10	3-319-76236-2 / 3319762362
ISBN-13	978-3-319-76236-4 / 9783319762364
Zustand	Neuware