Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: E900003-005

Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland)

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Background details and bibliographic information

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Electronic edition compiled by Pádraig Bambury, Margaret Lantry

Funded by University College Cork

2. Second draft.

Proof corrections by Pádraig Bambury

Extent of text: 18390 words

Publication

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(1998) (2010)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: E900003-005

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Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Sources

    Editions
  1. Bunreacht na hEireann. Mar do leasuiodh i g-coiste. As amended in committee. (Dublin: Stationery Office 1937).
  2. 1942 [25 March 1942] incorporating 1st and 2nd amendments.
  3. 1980 [3 August 1979] incorporating seven amendments.
    Sources, comment on the text, and secondary literature
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  5. Brian Doolan. Constitutional Law and Constitutional Rights in Ireland. (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1988). 2nd ed.
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  22. L. Subrahmanya Sastri and Simhambhotla Subrahmanya Sastry, The Constitution of India, with digest of cases 1950-1954, with copious notes and illuminating quotations from judgments relating to the Constitutions of America, Éire, Canada, Australia and other countries, with all up-to-date relevant notifications, orders and ordinances made under the Constitution, and illuminating description, and case-law of the writs that the Supreme Court and the High Courts are empowered to issue for enforcing the fundamental rights under the Constitution, and an authorised glossary (English Hindi) of technical constitutional terms; and complete text of the Constitutions of the United States of America and Irish Free State. Rev. and enl. 2d ed. (Allahabad: Law Book Co. 1956).
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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland). in English language version [vi + 214pp] Government Publications Office Dublin (1980)

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

All the editorial text with the seven amendments has been retained.

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been checked, proof-read twice and parsed using NSGMLS.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text.

Quotation

Quotations are marked by q.

Hyphenation

The editorial practice of the hard-copy editor has been retained.

Segmentation

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Interpretation

Names of persons (given names), and places are not tagged. Terms for cultural and social roles are not tagged.

The Irish words and phrases in this text are pre-standard. No attempt has been made to regularize and the text is presented as is.

Canonical References

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The title of the text is held as the first head element within each text.

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Profile Description

Created: By Government and People of Ireland Date range: 1937–1980.

Use of language

Language: [EN] The text is in English.
Language: [GA] Some words and phrases are in Irish.
Language: [LA] Some words and phrases are in Latin.

Revision History