ECHR and Irish Law

ECHR and Irish Law is a major new work examining the likely impact of the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 on Irish law. The work begins with a discussion of the way in which the ECHR has been incorporated into Irish law and compares this with other models, including the UK, and examines the possibilities as well as limitations of this particular form of incorporation. The ways in which the Act will operate in practice and the remedies available for breach are examined in detail. There follows an examination of the likely effect of the new Act upon individual areas of Irish law, examining the current compatibility of existing structures and the possibilities for raising Convention issues in these areas. Individual areas of law covered in this new book include: refugee law; child and family law; detention and custody; discrimination; criminal law; privacy and the media; and property, housing and environment. Written by a team of leading experts in their respective fields, ECHR and Irish Law provides an authoritative account of the incorporation of the ECHR and the likely impact on Irish Law, with a detailed analysis of relevant ECHR case law.