Norris V Attorney-General I.R 36 With Particular Reference To The Use: Law Assignment, TCD, Ireland

Assignment 1: 

Write a detailed case note on ONE of the following:

a) Norris v Attorney-General I.R 36 with particular reference to the use of Natural law by the Supreme Court Judges in arriving at their decision in this case.
OR

b) Mc Gee v Attorney-General [1974] I.R 284

Assignment 2:

Provide an analysis of ONE of the following topics:

(a) The Golden Rule of Statutory Interpretation
OR

(b) Expert Opinion Evidence

Useful Websites –

Finding Cases

1. Courts Service 

A database of judgments. There are no judgments before 2001.

2. BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)

Full text of Supreme Court, High Court, and Court of Criminal Appeal judgments since 2000 and some pre-2000 judgments

3. III (Irish Legal Information Initiative)

Full text recent Irish cases and selected pre-2000 cases.

Government Departments and State Bodies

1. Irish Government

This website provides a lot of information on the Irish State, including its legal structure. It has links to the Houses of the Oireachtas, government departments as well as links to  the Irish Statute Book.

2. Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment 

This website has a lot of information on employment rights and industrial relations, including useful leaflets on employment legislation.

3. Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform 

This contains useful links to legislation concerning immigration and citizenship and to equality legislation.

4. Human Rights Commission 

This is the website of the Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission. It contains details on the Commission’s powers links to various acts concerning human rights, including the European Convention on Human Rights and the Constitution.

5. Information Commissioner 

This contains a useful guide to the powers of the ombudsman.

6. Labour Relations Commission 

The website of the Workplace Relations Commission contains a wide range of information on rights and obligations under Irish employment legislation.

7. Citizens Information

The Citizens Information Board contains, among other things, a useful guide to government in Ireland. It also has publications on employment rights.

Legislation

1. Houses of the Oireachtas 

This contains the Acts of the Oireachtas and Bills. It also includes all Dáil and Seanad parliamentary debates.

2. Irish Statute Book 

This website contains all the Acts of the Oireachtas and Statutory Instruments from 1922.