Liberty, order & law under native Irish rule : a study in the book of the Ancient laws of Ireland / by Sophie Bryant.
1923
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Title
Liberty, order & law under native Irish rule : a study in the book of the Ancient laws of Ireland / by Sophie Bryant.
Created/published
London : Harding & More, Ltd., 1923.
Description
398 p. ; 24 cm
Associated name
Bryant, Sophie Willock, 1850-1922, author.
Note
"Glossary ... taken from the glossary to the Brehon laws, compiled by Dr. Robert Atkinson...and issued in 1901 as the sixth volume of the Ancient laws of Ireland" : p. 383-389.
Title and text on page preceding title within ornamental (Irish) border; printers' mark on t.-p.; initials with ornamental (Irish) design.
Title and text on page preceding title within ornamental (Irish) border; printers' mark on t.-p.; initials with ornamental (Irish) design.
Bibliography, etc.
Bibliography: p. xxiii.
Contents
Patrick and the revision of the ancient Irish law
Introduction to the Senchus mor
Cain Patrick: the law of fosterage
Cain Patrick: the law of lord and tenant
Cain Patrick: the law of social connections. Corus bescna. The secular law of social obligations
Corus eaglasta; Patrick's ecclesiastical policy
The organisation of the kindred in the geilfine system
Developments arising out of the institution of the composite family
Rank, duty, and privilege in ancient Irish society
The law of torts as criminal law
The law of torts as civil law
Administration of the law of torts by distraint
The law of sick maintenance
Of taking lawful possession of land
Rights of women as owners of property
On the incidence of fines under the law of torts
The law as schoolmaster
Appendices: Concerning editorial notes on critical historical points. The place where the Senchus mor was composed. Concerning editorial notes on age of texts, etc. Concerning the three kinds of law in ancient Ireland. The rediscovery of ancient Irish law in recent times. Concerning the modern reader's difficulties in the study of the ancient Irish law tracts.
Introduction to the Senchus mor
Cain Patrick: the law of fosterage
Cain Patrick: the law of lord and tenant
Cain Patrick: the law of social connections. Corus bescna. The secular law of social obligations
Corus eaglasta; Patrick's ecclesiastical policy
The organisation of the kindred in the geilfine system
Developments arising out of the institution of the composite family
Rank, duty, and privilege in ancient Irish society
The law of torts as criminal law
The law of torts as civil law
Administration of the law of torts by distraint
The law of sick maintenance
Of taking lawful possession of land
Rights of women as owners of property
On the incidence of fines under the law of torts
The law as schoolmaster
Appendices: Concerning editorial notes on critical historical points. The place where the Senchus mor was composed. Concerning editorial notes on age of texts, etc. Concerning the three kinds of law in ancient Ireland. The rediscovery of ancient Irish law in recent times. Concerning the modern reader's difficulties in the study of the ancient Irish law tracts.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
KB497 .B7
Folger-specific note
No. 179 of 500 copies.