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FE1 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW NIGHT BEFORE NOTES MARCH 2017 (Services outside the State for the Termination of Pregnancies) Bill 1995
The President/Attorney General
The President o Powers being exercised ‘on advise of the Government’ o Article 26 Reference procedure The Attorney General o Independence from Government o Defender of public rights o Relator actions
The Courts and the Judiciary
Constitutional Interpretation
Literal Method Purposive Method Harmonious Method Historical Method and Constitution as Living Document Natural Law and its Decline o TD v Minister for Education o Re Article 26 of the Constitution and the Regulation of Information
Administration of Just in Public o Irish Times v Ireland o *Gilchrist & Rogers v Sunday Newspapers Ltd Independence of the Judiciary Removal from office o Curtin v Dail Eireann Judge’s Pay o O’Byrne Judicial Power o Buckley v AG o McDonald v Bord na gCon
The Executive
Cabinet Confidentiality o AG v Hamilton o Article 28.4.3 Amendment)
Non-Delegation Doctrine
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Cityview Press v ANCO Leontjave v DPP *McGowan v Labour Court *Bederev v Ireland EU Aspect
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Obstacles to Constitutional Challenge
Socio Economic Rights
O’Reilly v Limerick Corporation Sinnott v Minister for Education TD v Minister for Education O’Donohue v Legal Aid Board Cronin v Minister for Education and Science O’Carolan (A minor) v Minister for Education
Houses of the Oireachtas
Internal workings immune from JR Fair procedures apply Maguire v Ardagh *Callely v Moylan Doherty v Government of Ireland Privilege Recent Kerrins case.
International Relations
Article 29.5 – o ‘laid before Dail’ o approved by Dail if ‘charge on public purse’ *Crotty v An Taoiseach *Pringle v Government of Ireland
Referendum Law
McKenna (No 2) Coughlan v Broadcasting Complaints Commission
McCrystal Hanafin *Jordan
Locus Standi & Jus Tertii o Cahill v Sutton o Standing of Companies/Unincorporated bodies o Public Interest o Crotty o Apprehended injury o East Donegal Co-Op o Osmanovis v DPP & Douglas v DPP Mootness o Goold v Collins o O’Brien v PIAB Presumption of Constitutionality o Double construction rule o McDonald v Bord na gCon o East Donegal Co-Op o Burden of Proof Effect of Declaration of Unconstitutionality o Murphy v AG o A v Governor of Arbour Hill o Cases following Damache Lacuane o McKinley v Minister for Defence o Carmondy v Minister for Justice o Fashioning a remedy BG v Murphy McCabe v Governor of Mountjoy
Constitutional Rights
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Unenumerated Rights o Ryan v AG o Various sources of such rights o Criticisms in TD Proportionality o Two tests: Heaney and Tuohy o O’Donnell J in Nottinghamshire CC v HSE o Not a free-standing right Bodily Integrity o State (Richardson) v Governor of Mountjoy o Expansion to broader ‘protection of the person’ Kinsella v Governor of Mountjoy McDonnell v Governor of Wheatfield
Right to Privacy
Kennedy v Ireland Balance with Freedom of Expression o Herrity; Murray; Hickey
Property Rights and the Right to Earn a Livelihood
H(N) v Minister for Justice (noncitizens) White v Bar Council O’Connell v Building and Allied Trades Union Daly v Revenue Commissioners JJ Haire v Minister for Health Importance of compensation ESB v Gormley Rafferty v Minister for Agriculture
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Re A Ward of Court Fitzpatrick v FK Fleming v Ireland AG v X IRM v Minister for Justice (other rights of unborn) Repealing the 8th?
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of conscience Prohibition of ‘Discrimination’ McGee v Ireland Quinn’s Supermarket v AG
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Equality
Human personality doctrine Brennan v AG Employment Equality Bill 1996 JJ Haire & Co v Minister for Health MD v Ireland
Fair Procedures
Flexible right Horizontal application Garvey v Ireland Gallagher v Revenue Commissioners Kiely v Minister for Social Welfare Flanagan v UCD Shatter v Guerin Duty to give reasons Mallak v Minister for Justice; Rawson v Minister for Defence McEnery v Garda Commissioner
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Freedom of Expression
Convictions and opinions Murphy v IRTC Mahon v Post Publications Mahon v Keena Cornec v Morrice ECHR aspects o Axel Springer v Germany
Freedom of Association
NUR v Sullivan EDCO v Fitzpatrick Disassociation Meskell v CIE
Freedom of Assembly
o DPP v McCarthy & Dundon Delay o MacFarlane v DPP o SH v DPP o DP v DPP Strict liability o CC v Ireland o Waxy O’Connors Limited Presumption of innocence o O’Leary v Ireland o Hardy v Ireland Right to Silence o Heaney v Ireland o Rock v Ireland o DPP v Finnerty o National Irish Bank Power of Search o Damache v DPP
Hyland v Dundalk Racing The Family
Trial in Due Course of Law
Vagueness o King v AG; Douglas v DPP Unconstitutionality obtained evidence o O’Brien; Kenny; *JC o DPP v Lawless (3rd party rights) Solicitor o *DPP v Gormley & White o *DPP v Dolye Duty to seek out and obtain evidence o Braddish & Dunne o McFarlane v DPP o Ludlow v DPP o Wall v DPP o Stirling v Collins Unfair pre-trial publicity o Z v DPP
Married family = Protection under Article 41 Unmarried family = No protection under Article 41 Natural mother – Personal rights under Article 40.3 Natural father – No rights (expect child’s right to care of parents) New Article 42A NWHB v W Temple Street v D OS v Doyle Nicalaou N v HSE G v An Bord Uchtala Re JH JK v VW WOR v EH S v Adoption Board McD v L
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