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Constitutionalism in Ireland, 1932–1938

National, Commonwealth, and International Perspectives

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Authors:
  1. Donal K. Coffey

    1. Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  • Examines Ireland’s experience of constitutionalism in the 1930s through a variety of lenses, including Commonwealth and international considerations
  • Considers the reception of the Irish Constitution nationally, internationally, and within the Commonwealth
  • Appeals to scholars of Irish legal and constitutional history, comparative legal history, and Commonwealth history

Part of the book series: Palgrave Modern Legal History (PMLH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Rise of Fianna Fáil and the Failure of the Constitution of the Irish Free State

    • Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 1-39

  3. Advancing the Republican Project

    • Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 41-82

  4. The Abdication of King Edward VIII

    • Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 83-118

  5. Constitutional Drafting and Contemporary Debates

    • Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 119-162

  6. The Reception of the Irish Constitution: May–July 1937

    • Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 163-205

  7. Aftermath

    • Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 207-229

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 231-235
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“[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)

“Exceptionally lucid and well-written. By locating the debates about the function, purpose, and textual provisions of the Irish Constitution within a wider political context, Donal K. Coffey has produced a significant new contribution to the literature on Irish constitutional law and comparative legal scholarship more broadly.” (Colm O’Cinneide, Professor of Law, University College London, UK)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Donal K. Coffey

About the author

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Constitutionalism in Ireland, 1932–1938

  • Book Subtitle: National, Commonwealth, and International Perspectives

  • Authors: Donal K. Coffey

  • Series Title: Palgrave Modern Legal History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76237-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76236-4Published: 31 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09438-6Published: 19 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76237-1Published: 17 May 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6186

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6194

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 235

  • Topics: Legal History, History of Britain and Ireland, Imperialism and Colonialism

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