Undergraduate Irish Legal System — 24 practice questions
Sixteen problem questions and eight essays, each with a full model answer: the issues to spot, the structure to follow, and the authority for every step. Written for first-year and foundation Irish Legal System courses, and for anyone who has to answer on sources, precedent, interpretation, EU law or the courts.
Every case and statutory provision in these answers is checked against the judgment or the Act itself, and printed with a full citation. An independent study aid — not affiliated with or endorsed by any examining or professional body, including King’s Inns or the Law Society of Ireland.
What is in the set
Each answer follows the same shape: the question, a checklist to work from before you read on, the model answer itself, the authorities to know, and a note on why the answer scores.
- 01Delegated Legislation & Ultra ViresProblem
- 02Precedent & the Court HierarchyProblem
- 03Statutory Interpretation & a Penal ProvisionProblem
- 04The ECHR Act 2003Essay
- 05Sources of Law — Treaties & EU LawProblem
- 06Jurisdiction & AppealsProblem
- 07Minor Offences & Trial by JuryProblem
- 08Criminal Legal AidProblem
- 09The Thirty-third AmendmentEssay
- 10Ratio, Obiter & Per IncuriamProblem
- 11Stare Decisis in the Supreme CourtEssay
- 12Statutory Interpretation — A Civil StatuteProblem
- 13Delegated Legislation & Article 15.2.1°Essay
- 14Transposing a Directive by RegulationProblem
- 15Direct Effect, Supremacy & State LiabilityProblem
- 16Article 29.4.6° & Constitutional ReviewEssay
- 17The ECHR Act 2003 in PracticeProblem
- 18The Sources of Irish Law & the HierarchyEssay
- 19Jurisdiction, Rights of Audience & Reading a JudgmentProblem
- 20How a Bill Becomes Law & the Article 26 ReferenceProblem
- 21The Literal Rule & Section 5Essay
- 22Treaties, Pre-1937 Law & the Presumption of CompatibilityProblem
- 23Invalidating an Act, and the Limits of ReviewEssay
- 24What a Decision Does: Invalidity & OverrulingProblem
How to use it
Read the question, write your own answer or plan, then open the model answer and compare the issues you found with the ones it identifies. The authorities list at the end of each answer is the revision material: if you can state each case and what it decides, you can answer most of what the topic can throw at you.