Seeking to promote the common good, with due observance of Prudence, Justice, and Charity, so that the dignity and freedom: Family Law Essay, UCC, Ireland

“Seeking to promote the common good, with due observance of Prudence, Justice, and Charity, so that the dignity and freedom of the individual may be assured, true social order attained, the unity of our country restored, and concord established with other nations, We, the People] Do hereby adopt, enact, and give to ourselves this Constitution.

‘The State recognizes the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law.

2° The State, therefore, guarantees to protect the Family in its constitution and authority, as the necessary basis of social order and as indispensable to the welfare of the Nation and the State.”