Political Theory of the Irish Constitution

Eoin Daly is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the National University of Ireland, GalwayTom Hickey is a Lecturer in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University

• Introduction: Republican theory and Republican constitutionalismPart I Republican freedom1. Popular sovereignty, political freedom and democratic control 2. Constitutional rights and freedom as non-dominationPart II Republican institutions3. Political constitutionalism and executive power4. Judicial power and popular control5. Republican perspectives on constitutional interpretationPart III Republican society6. Education and civic virtue7. Church and state in the pluralist republicIndex

‘This book deserves to attract a wide range of readers including political scientists, constitutional lawyers and historians.The issues identified are relevant far beyond the Irish context, a reality underscored by the decision to open chapters by placing the relevant issues in an international and wider historical and philosophical context. Irish readers will be particularly grateful for this book’s contribution to reclaiming the word ‘republicanism’ from men in balaclavas and restoring it to its proper context.’Thomas Mohr, School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, Parliaments, Estates and Representation, April 2016