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  • The amendment of the law in Ireland as to maintenance of illegitimate children 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1914)
    The statute law in force in Ireland differs in many respects from that in force in England, and there are many Acts- of Parliament, which apply to England only, which might with advantage be extended to Ireland. One ...
  • The fusion of the two branches of the legal profession 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1892)
    I have gone into the history of the question at some length in order to show that the proposition advanced by Mr. Murphy, namely, that it scarcely needs proof that the distinction between the two branches of the legal ...
  • Infant mortality and the Notification of Births Acts, 1907, 1915 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
    This subject was referred to in a paper on "Child Life as a National Asset," read before the Society by Mr. Shannon Millin on December 17th, 1915, but as a good deal of information on the subject was forthcoming ...
  • The liability of married women to income tax 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1899)
    I desire to call attention to the anomalous state of the law as regards the liability of married women to Income Tax. The statute which regulates this liability is Section 45 of the Income Tax act of 1842(5 & 6 Viet., ...
  • Licensing and publichouse reform in Ireland 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
    "No apology is, I think, needed for introducing this subject to the consideration of the Society, although I could wish that the task had fallen to one more conversant with it than I am. The evils of intemperance are ...
  • Licensing and publichouse reform in Ireland [a continuation] 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
    A little more than a year ago I read a paper on this subject before this Society (Journal, Vol. XI, p. 106), dealing mainly with the Report of the Royal Commission of 1896. I intend now to deal with the schemes proposed ...
  • Local registration of title 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1890)
    The object of this paper is to call attention to the leading provisions of the Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons late last session by Mr. Madden, M.P., the present ...
  • On the desirability of establishing by Act of Parliament a corporate body to act as trustee, executor, administrator etc. 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)
    Every person who dies possessed of any estate, however small, must be succeeded by an administrator, executor, or trustee, whose duty it is to administer, manage, or realize that estate in accordance with the provisions ...
  • The proposal for the abolition of the income tax in Ireland considered 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1899)
    Sundry remedies have been suggested to relieve the over-taxation of Ireland. I desire to consider one which has lately been advocated in the Press, namely, the abolition of the Income Tax in Ireland, whether it is ...
  • Public house reform 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1912)
    The writer of an article in our leading journal (1) says:?"The need of the moment is not to abolish the public-house, but to reform it. The first step is to give a very substantial preference in treatment to houses ...
  • Remedies for overcrowding in the city of Dublin 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1912)
    This question is no new one; it has been discussed in and out of this Society; much has been done by private and public effort to remedy the overcrowding which admittedly exists in the city of Dublin, but the latest ...
  • The social legislation of 1904 - registration of clubs (Ireland); licensing (England): applicability of it to Ireland 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
    The public general Statutes passed in the Session of 1904, are only thirty-six in number, and are contained in one hundred and three pages of print. Amongst these are four measures of considerable importance in social ...
  • Social problems and the war 

    Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1917)
    And as agriculture strikes more deeply at the roots of human life than any mere trade, so agricultural science possesses a human interest and dignity that marks it off sharply from any branch of technology; it is, indeed, ...