The New Irish Constitution

About this eBook

Editor

Morgan, J. H. (John Hartman), 1876-1955

Title

The New Irish Constitution: An Exposition and Some Arguments

Language

English

LoC Class

JN: Political science: Political inst. and pub. Admin.: Europe

Subject

Home rule -- Ireland

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35172

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35172

Release Date

February 4, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Contents — Introduction — Part I. The New Constitution
2. 2.I.—The Constitution: A Commentary. By Professor J. H. Morgan — The Supremacy of the Imperial Parliament. — The Powers of the Irish Parliament — Constitutional Restrictions. 26 — The Argument Against Restrictions. — The Executive Veto. — Exempted Powers. — The Executive — The Irish Legislature — Irish Representation in the House of Commons 56 — The Further Extension of Home Rule — Scottish Home Rule
3. 3.II.—Irish Administration Under Home Rule. By Lord MacDonnell of Swinford
4. 4.III.—The Judicial Committee And The Interpretation Of The New Constitution. By Sir Frederick Pollock
5. 5.IV.—Constitutional Limitations Upon The Powers Of The Irish Legislation. By Sir John Macdonell , C.B., LL.D.
6. 6.V.—Financial Relations 99 By Lord Welby
7. 7.VI.—The Judiciary, The Police, And The Maintenance Of Law And Order. By Thomas F. Molony, K.C., His Majesty's Second Serjeant-at-Law, Crown Counsel for Dublin. — (1) The Judiciary — (2) The Police — (3) Law and Order
8. 8.VII.—The Present Position Of The Irish Land Question. By Jonathan Pim, K.C. — Part I. The Fair Rent Acts and the Land Purchase Acts. 121 — Two Classes of Occupiers of Land in Ireland—Economic and Uneconomic. — Confusion of Treatment of Occupiers of Economic and Uneconomic Holdings. — Relation of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland prior to 1860. — Position of Tenants under the Common Law as regards Eviction—in the case of Leaseholds. — In the Case of Yearly Tenancies. — The Irish Ejectment Code—how it Pressed against the Tenant. — Facilities given for Evicting Leaseholders. — Facilities given for Evicting Yearly Tenants. — The Land Act of 1860 (Deasy's Act). — Position of the Irish Tenant from 1860-1870.—The Devon Commission reported (1844) that farm Improvements are made by the Tenants. — Effects of Political and Economic Changes on the Relations between Landlord and Tenant during the Nineteenth Century. — Attempts at Reform.—Land Act of 1870. — Failure of the Act of 1870, Causes of. — The Land Act of 1881. — Differences between the English and the Irish Land Systems. — Irish Land Purchase and the extent to which it has been carried on by State aid. — Irish Church Act, 1869. — Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870. — The Act of 1881 (the “Gladstone Act” ). — The Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1885 (the “Ashbourne Act” ). — Purchase of Land Acts, 1891 and 1896 (the “Balfour Acts” ). — Irish Land Act, 1903 (the “Wyndham Act” ). — The Evicted Tenants Act, 1907. — Irish Land Act, 1909 (Mr. Birrell's Act). — Table of Number of Purchasers and Amount of Advances under the various Land Purchase Acts — Part II. The Statutes Relating to the Relief of Congestion in Ireland. — Two Classes of Occupiers in Ireland—Establishment of the Congested Districts Board — Statutes Dealing with Congestion — Part III. Statutes Relating to the Provision of Allotments of Land and Dwellings for Agricultural Labourers in Ireland. — Part IV. Compulsory Registration of Land in Ireland. — Part II. A Historical Argument
9. 9.VIII.—Irish Nationality. By Mrs. J. R. Green
10. 10.IX.—Ireland As A Dependency. By Professor A. F. Pollard
11. 11.X.—Ireland, 1782 And 1912 123 By Lord Fitzmaurice
12. 12.XI.—Grattan's Parliament. By G. P. Gooch
13. 13.XII.— “ The Government Of Ireland In The Nineteenth Century ” . By R. Barry O'Brien — I — II — III — IV — V — VI
14. 14.XIII.—The History Of Devolution. By the Earl of Dunraven — Part III. Contemporary Views
15. 15.XIV.—Irish Nationalism And Liberal Principle. By Professor L. T. Hobhouse
16. 16.XV.—The Imperial Parliament — (I) The State Of Parliamentary Business. By Cecil Harmsworth, M.P. — (II) The Tendency Towards Legislative Disintegration. A Review Of The Statute Book. By H. de R. Walker — (III) Colonial Forms Of Home Rule. By Sir Alfred Mond, Bart., M.P.
17. 17.XVI.—Contemporary Ireland And The Religious Question — (I) A Catholic View. By Monsignor O'Riordan — (II) Catholic Tolerance in Practice. — (III) The Papal Decrees. — (IV) Some Protestant Views. — (1) A Church Of Ireland View. By Canon Courtenay Moore, M.A. — (2) A Presbyterian View, By Rev. J. B. Armour, M.A. — (3) A Nonconformist View. By Rev. W. Crawford, M.A. — Footnotes

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