Kings Inns and the Kingdom of Ireland: The Irish 'Inn of Court', 1541-1800 (Irish Legal History Society) - Hardcover

Kenny, Colum

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0716524724 ISBN 13: 9780716524724

Publisher: Irish Academic Press, 1992

Synopsis

A history of one of Ireland's oldest institutions from its beginnings amidst the ruins of a Dominican friary on the site of the present Four Courts in Dublin. The author's aim is to show that the foundation and subsequent transactions of the society of King's Inns reflected both the aspirations and shortcomings of the constitutional kingdom of Ireland; to discover what role the King's Inns played in contemporary professional and public life; and to trace the architectural and organisational development of the society and compare it with the inns of court in London. The interrelations of benchers, barristers and attorneys are considered and set in the context of the social and political circumstances of the time. The author was fortunate in having unprecedented access to the records of King's Inns, some of which survive from 1607, and in finding many supplementary printed and manuscript sources in Ireland and abroad. -- Contents: King's Inns & the Kingdom of Ireland; Foundation of the Society; Faltering Start 1539-1607 [Blackfriars; First Lease for the Lawyers; Case for a Better Title; Compulsory Residence in England; Hostility Towards the Irish; Second Lease for the Lawyers; From King's Inns to Queen's Storehouse]; Revival & Recusancy 1607-28 [Legal Reforms; Four Courts at Blackfriars; Revival of King's Inns; Munster Connection; Protestant Inn; Matter of Grace]; Expansion & Contraction 1628-49 [Compulsory Membership; Arrival of Wentworth; Wentworth, Radcliffe & the Judges; Development Plan; Troubles]; Revolutions & Restorations 1649-1700 [Cromwellian Restoration; Mysterious Year; Restoration of Monarchy; Battle of the Boyne; Rules on Admission to Practice]; Ruin & Recovery 1700-92 [Queen's Inns; Early Georgian Farce; Students in London; Universities; Protestant Nation]; Life at the Inns [Government of the Society; Society & Its Property]; End of an Era 1792-1800 [Charter Won & Lost; New Rules; Society in 1798; Act of Union]; New Century & New Departures: After 1800

About this title

About the Author

Professor Colum Kenny, BCL, PhD, barrister-at-law, is chair of the Masters in Journalism programme at the School of Communications, Dublin City University. He also coordinates an interdisciplinary module entitled Belief and Communication. A board member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and of the EU Media Desk in Dublin, Kenny contributes frequently to public debates about culture and society. The author of eight books, he is married with three sons and lives in Bray, Co. Wicklow.

Review

'A valuable addition' to historical research' American Journal of Legal History, 37 (1993).  'It will doubtless become a standard work of reference, and should have the beneficial effect of encouraging further research' Historical Journal 36, no. 2 (June 1993, Cambridge).

Edition details

• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0716524724
• ISBN 13: 9780716524724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 354