Browsing by Subject "Legal reform"
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An account of the progress that has been made in describing the differences between the laws in force in England and those in force in Ireland; with some of the leading points not already noticed, and suggestions for the most convenient division of the subject
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1874)In pursuance of the suggestion in the report of the committee of the council, I have prepared the following outline: An investigation of the differences between the laws in England and those in Ireland, divided into eight ... -
Address at meeting for inauguration of the Thirty-first Session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1878)My Lords and gentlemen, I thank you very much for the high honour you have conferred on me by electing me your President. That position has heretofore been filled by eminent men, whose zeal and earnestness in the promotion ... -
Amalgamation: being some considerations on proposed changes in the relations of the legal professions in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1886)Not seldom are complaints made of the unwillingness of a legislature to enact reforms until compelled to do so by agitation. In some cases this procrastination has its advantages. Instances indeed are not unknown in ... -
Essay on the simplification effected by the codes of law prepared and adopted for British India, and the desirability of framing similar codes for England, Ireland, and Scotland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1876)The formation of codes, or of consolidated statutes relating to portions of Indian law, has taken place within the last few years. The greater portion of this work was carried out in the year 1872. The first statute on ... -
Further information as to the proposal to extend the Scotch law as to improvements in town holdings, to Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1876)The want of this reform in small towns as well as large is shown by a case which happened at the Home Circuit at the Spring Assizes of the present year, 1876. The case related to the Borough of Portarlington, where the ... -
The fusion of the two branches of the legal profession
(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 ... -
An inquiry into taxes on law proceedings in Ireland
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1852)Essentially just, as well as imperative, as is the present demand for a searching and extensive reform in our methods of judicial procedure, it is unquestionably attended with the same danger which always accompanies ... -
The Irish county courts
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1870)The course of legislation during the present session of parliament indicates very clearly what the future of the County Courts of Ireland will be. They will be the courts in which all the proceedings with respect to the ... -
President's address at the opening of the twenty-sixth session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1873)My address last year was devoted to a review of the progress made by this country in wealth, and a comparison of her present condition with her past, based upon reliable statistical information: the conclusion at which I ... -
Prize essay on the differences in the organization of local courts in Ireland, Scotland, and England, for the discharge of the duties of judges and officers, suggesting such changes as would be expedient in case of an assimilation of jurisdiction in the local courts of the three kingdoms
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1878)Last session I had the honour of submitting to this Society an essay containing the result of some inquiries into the constitution of the local courts in the Three Kingdoms, and containing also some suggestions as to the ... -
Report of the Council at the opening of the twenty-sixth session of the Society
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1873)The Council have much pleasure in submitting the following report to the members. During the past session some important papers were read on Jurisprudence, The President read a paper on the ?Practicability of Codifying ... -
Report on the application of the principles recommended by the Judicature Commission to the Irish County Courts
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1874)Since the subject of this report was entrusted to me, the principles recommended by the Judicature Commission has received the sanction of the Legislature, and become the law; and the year that has just now closed will ... -
A suggestion for the fusion of the two branches of the legal professions
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1892)It scarcely needs proof that the distinction between the two branches of the legal profession?between barrister and solicitor?is purely artificial, and incapable of justification on principles of ordinary common sense. ...
