Judicial Power in Ireland is a collection of essays edited by Eoin Carolan, a professor of the Sutherland School of Law in University College Dublin, written to evaluate the roles and responsibilities of Ireland’s judicial branch, and the factors that shape its legal character. The essays are written by lawyers, legal academics and members of the judiciary, covering a range of topics. Part One addresses the historical context and principles in the founding of the judicial branch. Part Two addresses the philosophies that govern the judicial branch and the practices used in implementing the same. Part Three discusses challenges to the current state of the judiciary. The essays combine a discussion of constitutional interpretation, Irish case law, academic literature and recent political developments. Throughout the text, the authors seek to address the relationship between judicial power understood as a constitutional authority and judicial power understood as the factual and institutional capacity of courts. Chapter One, written by Bláthna Ruane, SC, discusses the formation of the Irish judiciary. It notes that the current system is a combination of British crown courts and radical Dáil courts, which were created in the period leading up to Irish independence to address the British courts’ lack of sympathy toward Irish interests. The Irish judiciary, as was formed out of this tumultuous history, was established through the creation of the Free State Constitution. Thereafter, a number of structural changes resulted in the enduring popular legitimacy of Ireland’s judiciary, legitimacy that is both a testament to judicial functioning and a contributor to overall state stability. In Chapter Two Donal K. Coffey praises the Irish Free State judiciary for functioning on a par with international standards of the time. These standards were reached despite limitations placed on the

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爱尔兰的司法权

爱尔兰的司法权是由都柏林大学萨瑟兰法学院教授 Eoin Carolan 编辑的论文集，旨在评估爱尔兰司法部门的角色和责任，以及塑造其法律特征的因素。这些论文由律师、法律学者和司法人员撰写，涵盖了一系列主题。第一部分论述了司法部门成立的历史背景和原则。第二部分阐述了管辖司法部门的理念以及在实施这些理念时使用的实践。第三部分讨论了对当前司法状况的挑战。这些文章结合了对宪法解释、爱尔兰判例法、学术文献和近期政治发展的讨论。贯穿全文，作者试图解决被理解为宪法权威的司法权与被理解为法院的事实和机构能力的司法权之间的关系。第一章由 Bláthna Ruane, SC 撰写，讨论了爱尔兰司法机构的形成。它指出，目前的制度是英国皇家法院和激进的 Dáil 法院的结合，这些法院是在爱尔兰独立前的时期创建的，以解决英国法院对爱尔兰利益缺乏同情的问题。在这段动荡的历史中形成的爱尔兰司法机构是通过制定自由州宪法而建立的。此后，一些结构性变化导致爱尔兰司法机构的持久合法性，合法性既是司法运作的证明，也是国家整体稳定的贡献者。在第二章中，Donal K. Coffey 称赞爱尔兰自由邦司法机构的运作与当时的国际标准相当。尽管存在限制，但仍达到了这些标准