From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 13 May 2025
- Subject(s):
- Constitutional history — Constitutional interpretation — Types of constitutional courts/supreme courts — Comparative constitutional law — Individual rights
General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani
1 With a history spanning 100 years to date, the Supreme Court serves as Ireland’s final court of appeal, established in 1924 as the pinnacle of the judiciary (Dickson vii). 2 The Supreme Court Judicature Act of 1873 was abolished under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 (Dickson vii). Following the War of Independence (1919–21), the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on 6 December 1921 (Dickson vii). Until 1933, Article 66 of the Irish Free State Constitution required appeals from the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State to be heard by the Judicial Committee of the...
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