This article assesses the value of law journals as historical sources for the period in Irish history between 1922 and 1939 that do not always receive the attention that they deserve from historians and political scientists. The article examines the utility of Irish law journals, and a number of important non-Irish law journals, as sources of analysis for the difficult relationship between the Irish Free State and Dominion status, the gradual dismantling of the 1921 Anglo Irish Treaty settlement and the impact of partition on the Irish Free State and on Northern Ireland. The perspective of law journals on these related developments is of particular interest because these journals, in contrast to contemporary newspapers, often spanned the traditional nationalist/unionist divide in Irish politics. Yet, law journals were not passive observers of this process and were themselves profoundly affected by historical developments in this period.

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法律期刊和爱尔兰历史，1922-1939

本文评估了法律期刊作为 1922 年至 1939 年爱尔兰历史时期历史资源的价值，这些历史资源并不总是得到历史学家和政治科学家应有的关注。这篇文章考察了爱尔兰法律期刊和一些重要的非爱尔兰法律期刊的效用，作为分析爱尔兰自由邦和自治领地位之间的困难关系、1921 年英裔爱尔兰条约解决方案的逐步解除和分治对爱尔兰自由邦和北爱尔兰的影响。法律期刊对这些相关发展的看法特别令人感兴趣，因为与当代报纸相比，这些期刊通常跨越爱尔兰政治中传统的民族主义/工会主义分歧。然而，