Devoted exclusively to developments in contemporary Irish law. This journal is divided into key articles, a section for case and comment, and important book reviews.

Neighbours and the Law is Ireland's first publication dealing with legal issues that may arise between neighbors. This book guides readers through the maze of everyday issues that occur in urban and rural neighborhood life, including a guide to the civil and statutory remedies in relation to a wide range of problems that arise between neighbors, from boundary disputes to derelict and unsanitary sites. Neighbours and the Law provides a detailed analysis of Ireland's Land Reform and Conveyancing Act 2009 (as amended) in relation to neighborhood issues, such as the practice and procedure for the obtaining of a Works Orders to allowing for access to neighboring lands in order to carry out works on party structures, and new timeframes and methodology for the obtaining and registration of easements such as rights of way. As well, the book offers practical advice on the drafting of planning objections and appeals, unauthorized development complaints, noise/nuisance diary sheets to facilitate the obtaining of noise orders or the making of complaints in relation to nuisance caused by backyard burning of waste. Other areas covered in detail include civil liability for farm yard and domestic animals, lopping overhanging branches and encroaching roots, civil liability for visitors on property, and the right to self-defense in the home. Of particular interest is a detailed discussion of the role of mediation and conciliation in the area of property disputes and other problems between adjoining landowners.

Leading experts from common law jurisdictions examine defamation and privacy, two major and interrelated issues for law and media.

"This book examines the emerging Irish jurisprudence on privacy rights, focusing in particular on how media interference can infringe such rights and on the interaction with the right to freedom of expression. It examines the topic from a comparative perspective, making extensive reference to relevant case law from both common and civil law jurisdictions as well as to decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. While the progress of the draft Privacy Bill published in 2006 appears to have stalled, the issue of how privacy rights may be protected is coming before the courts on an increasingly frequent basis." "This groundbreaking new work provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of this area of the law. It discusses potential legal strategies for the protection of privacy rights, considering, in particular, the question of whether privacy should be protected by legislation or by the incremental development of the law by the courts." "This book will provide invaluable to both practitioners and academics and is written in a readable and accessible style."--BOOK JACKET.

This book examines the concept of intersectional discrimination and why it has been difficult for jurisdictions around the world to redress it in discrimination law. 'Intersectionality' was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. Thirty years since its conception, the term has become a buzzword in sociology, anthropology, feminist studies, psychology, literature, and politics. But it remains marginal in the discourse of discrimination law, where it was first conceived. Traversing its long and rich history of development, the book explains what intersectionality is as a theory and as a category of discrimination. It then explains what it takes for discrimination law to be reimagined from the perspective of intersectionality in reference to comparative laws in the US, UK, South Africa, Canada, India, and the jurisprudence of the European Courts (CJEU and ECtHR) and international human rights treaty bodies.

Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary resources, this scholarly work provides an in-depth and thorough analysis of the socio-economic rights jurisprudence of the newly democratic South Africa. The book explores how the judicial interpretation and enforcement of socio-economic rights can be more responsive to the conditions of systemic poverty and inequality characterising South African society. Based on meticulous research, the work marries legal analysis with perspectives from political philosophy and democratic theory.

The Criminal Law & Practice Review (formerly Criminal Law & Procedure Review) is a new book from Clarus Press in collaboration with the School of Law at Trinity College, Dublin. Originally based on the Criminal Law Update Conference held annually at Trinity College, the Review includes article versions of the papers presented at the conference, along with new articles and notes on recent developments in substantive and procedural criminal law in Ireland. The book will be of great interest to all criminal lawyers - including practitioners, academics, and students - as well as those interested in criminology, victimology, policing, evidence, and other related criminal law topics. Contents include: ** (Feature Articles) The Proposed Court of Appeal * Victims of Crime with Disabilities in Ireland * Sentencing White-Collar Crime Problems and Principles * Improperly Obtained Evidence, Silence, and Legal Advice: Ongoing Change in Seemingly Settled Situations? * Ireland's Proposed DNA Framework * Addressing Uncertainty in the Defenses of Self-Defense, Diminished Responsibility, and Provocation * Legislative Developments in Criminal Law and Procedure ** (Case and Commentary) Vague Offenses and the High Court * The Statutory Retention of Fingerprints.