THESIS 9055In this thesis I examine the development of Catholicity as an influence on judicial decisions on the Constitution. When I refer to Catholicity, it concerns Catholic thought, Catholic social teaching, clerical intervention in the legal process and evidence of judicial deference towards the Catholic hierarchy. I argue that there is less evidence of Catholicity in judicial decisions on the Constitution in the early years of the State than one would expect given the confessional culture that existed. I argue that the reason for this was the residual influence of the British liberal concept of parliamentary supremacy on the judiciary which meant that the Courts adopted an unassertive position and tended not to engage with the Catholic...
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In the context of the turbulent post-Napoleonic reconstruction of European political power in the ni...
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Religious beliefs and values can play a significant and potentially necessary role in the judicial d...
This thesis demonstrates the importance of scholastic philosophy and natural law to the theory of ...
My dissertation explores the nature, source and scope of the rights of religious institutions in the...
In the 90. it was a popular thesis that the Catholic Church is becoming to have a stronger influence...
When students of legal history think of church courts, they may conjure up thoughts of some odd and ...
(Excerpt) The Article is organized as follows. Part I discusses the doctrinal writings of the Cathol...
This project explores the role of Catholicism on the decisions of Supreme Court Justices in capital,...
This thesis is a work of constitutional theory focusing on the Bill of Rights [1688]. It posits this...
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University...
This thesis argues that Restoration English debate over sovereignty and state was dominated by attem...
During the past half century, constitutional theories of religious freedom have been in a state of g...
This Article, written for a symposium on the fiftieth anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae, or the Roma...
Abstract The theme of this master thesis is North Atlantic anti-Catholicism with the reasearch quest...
In the context of the turbulent post-Napoleonic reconstruction of European political power in the ni...
This is the latest in Professor Currie\u27s continuing series on the historical development of const...
Religious beliefs and values can play a significant and potentially necessary role in the judicial d...
This thesis demonstrates the importance of scholastic philosophy and natural law to the theory of ...
My dissertation explores the nature, source and scope of the rights of religious institutions in the...
In the 90. it was a popular thesis that the Catholic Church is becoming to have a stronger influence...
When students of legal history think of church courts, they may conjure up thoughts of some odd and ...