Drafting the Irish Constitution, 1935–1937: Transnational Influences in Interwar Europe (Palgrave Modern Legal History)

The second of two volumes, this book situates the drafting of the Irish Constitution within broader transnational constitutional currents. Donal K. Coffey pioneers a new method of draft sequencing in order to track early influences in the drafting process and demonstrate the importance of European influences such as the German, Polish, and Portuguese Constitutions to the Irish drafts. He also analyses the role that religion played in the drafting process, and considers the new institutions of state, such as the presidency and the senate, tracing the genesis of these institutions to other continental constitutions. Together with volume I, __Constitutionalism in Ireland, 1932–1938__, this book argues that the 1937 Constitution is only explicable within the context of the European and international trends which inspired it. Annotation The second of two volumes, this book situates the drafting of the Irish Constitution within broader transnational constitutional currents. Donal K. Coffey pioneers a new method of draft sequencing in order to track early influences in the drafting process and demonstrate the importance of European influences such as the German, Polish, and Portuguese Constitutions to the Irish drafts. He also analyses the role that religion played in the drafting process, and considers the new institutions of state, such as the presidency and the senate, tracing the genesis of these institutions to other continental constitutions Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii The Drafters of the 1937 Constitution (Donal K. Coffey)....Pages 1-39 The Preamble (Donal K. Coffey)....Pages 41-54 Nation and State (Donal K. Coffey)....Pages 55-83 The Head of State (Donal K. Coffey)....Pages 85-143 Institutional Structure (Donal K. Coffey)....Pages 145-186 Citizen and State (Donal K. Coffey)....Pages 187-252 Constitutional Transitions and Alterations (Donal K. Coffey)....Pages 253-279 Back Matter ....Pages 281-312