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Ethics

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Choices of proper conduct made by an individual in his or her relationships with others.

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legal system

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The totality of laws that regulate a state (i.e. a legally organised community)

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Basic requirements of a legal system

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  • A body of laws
  • A source with the power to create and alter those laws
  • An institution/process with the authority to administer and enforce
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Important characteristics of laws

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  • Accessibility
  • Certainty
  • fairness
  • flexibility
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Characteristics of the law: certainty

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People should be reasonably secure in their knowledge of what they are doing and their understanding of its effects

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Characteristics of the law: flexibility

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The law must be able to respond without undue delay to the challenge of change at all levels of society

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Characteristics of the law: fairness

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The effectiveness of law depends upon its acceptance by members of society and that will not be available where a law is inequitable, unfair or unreasonable

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Characteristics of the law: accessibility

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All should have access to knowledge of the law, either directly or through intermediaries

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Common Law

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  • description of the Irish legal system (and other Anglo-systems
  • case law developed by the courts
  • unwritten law
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civil law

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  • the secular law of the state
  • law directly concerning the rights and duties between parties
  • private law
  • descriptions of the legal systems of continental Europe
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Canon law

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church law

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equity

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law developed in the Court of Chancery to supplement the common law

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legislation

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enacted by/under direction of parliament

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Public law

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regulates the interaction of citizens with the state

e.g. criminal law, constitutional law, administrative law

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private law

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regulates the relationship between individuals within a state (e.g. contract law, tort law, property law)

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criminal law

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Body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment

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The nature of criminal law

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Wrongs against society as a whole

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the nature of civil law

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Rights and duties of individuals to each other

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proof of criminal law

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Beyond reasonable doubt (convicted or acquitted)

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proof of civil law

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Balance of probabilities (liable or not liable

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substantive law

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General principles and detailed rules defining legal rights and duties.

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procedural law

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General principles and detailed rules that define the methods of administering the substantive law

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statutory law

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Laws enacted by the Oireachtas. Statutory law is also called written law.

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purpose of law

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  • commands
  • Moral
  • administrative
  • opportunistic
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how are laws made in International law

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  • There is no central, law-making, body in International Law

- , the international system tends to work on the basis of consensus

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who makes the laws in Ireland

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our laws are made by the Legislature (Oireachtas) or by the Courts

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Public international law

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Public International Law does, in the main, not concern private individuals, but rather states and certain international organisations

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European court of human rights

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  • The Court sits in Strasbourg
  • It hears cases from national courts over alleged breaches of human rights
  • Have passed notable rulings including on the existence of a prisoners’ right to vote and Ireland’s abortion law
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regulations

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  • directly enforceable
  • bind each member state once they come into force
    e. g. consumer protection
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Directives

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  • State a goal that must be achieved within a set time frame
  • used where there is a wide disparity in the law or practice of member states
  • Broadly similar framework
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Decisions

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Generally addressed to a specific party/parties (rather than all Member States)
E.g. Apple Tax case

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the types of law that the Eu can be divided by

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  • Regulations
  • Directives
  • Decisions
  • Recommendations
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the seven main institutions of the Eu

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The Commission

1. The European Council
"the general political directions and priorities"
2. The Council of the European Union
3. The Council of Ministers
4. The Assembly (or Parliament)
5 .The Court of Justice
6. The Court of Auditors
7. The European Central Bank
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EU law

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Unique legal system (with enforceable laws and a Court); supreme to national law in all areas of EU competence

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when did Ireland join the EU

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Ireland joined the EU (then the ‘EEC’) in 1973

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How did the Eu begin?

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The EU (then the EEC) was formed as the result of the Treaty of Rome agreed between six european nations: France, (West) Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium

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when was the Eu formed

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Formed in 1958

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The constitution

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The basis of the legal and governmental structure of the modern state is its Constitution
The Constitution sets out the basic laws and political procedures required to run a state

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how does the constitution come about

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Adopted by popular vote and is changed only by popular vote.

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The three parts of the government

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  • The courts
  • The Executive (The ministers/Taoiseach/Tánaiste etc.)
  • The Legislature (In Ireland, ‘the Oireachtas’)
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function of the legislative branch

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  • Oireachtas makes the laws
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function of the judicial branch

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Interpret the law

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what does the executive consist of

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The Executive consists of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, assorted ministers, the Attorney General, and the President

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what are unconstitutional laws ?

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laws and acts that offend the constitution

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how can the courts declare if a law is unconstitutional or constiutional ?

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  1. An Article 26 reference where the President refers a bill that might offend the Constitution to the Supreme Court
  2. A person (Plaintiff) brings a case to court and challenges the constitutionality of a particular law
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what is secondary legislation?(or delegated legislation) known as

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· Also known as regulations, rules, or statutory instruments

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what is primary legislation known as

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They are more commonly known as ‘acts’

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who makes primary legislation?

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body of laws passed by the Oireachtas (the legislature - president , dáil and seanad)

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who makes secondary legislation

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These are rules made by ministers or certain authorised bodies (Councils, Fáilte Ireland, etc.)

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when is a delegating act unconstitutional ?

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If the delegation is not limited, then the delegating act is unconstitutional

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what is the function of the executive?

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The Executive is charged with the day-to-day running of the State and with implementing and enforcing laws passed by the legislature
The Executive also prepares draft legislation (bills) to be voted by the legislature

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what is the function of the courts ?

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The Courts are charged with interpreting the laws of the state and, in particular, the Constitution

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stare decisis meaning

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Let the decision stand. • The decisions of higher courts are binding on lower courts

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