... supreme law, give us a list of all legal frameworks but it allows for the use of legal rules and interpretation to be used as long as they do not violate a citizen right under its articles. Pre 1937 Developments! It must be noted that Eamon De Valera and his government and draftsmen did not come up with these 50 articles over night or indeed over a few years. The base of the constitution was hundreds of years of British rule being brought to an end. For the purpose of this document my starting point will be shortly before the 1800 Act of Union. Prior to this act Ireland had its own parliament but the Westminster parliament claimed legislative power for Ireland. In 1782 this was relaxed and the Irish parliament was given a greater measure of liability. However a number of incidents including the 1798 Rebellion caused the British to favour a ...

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