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The highest law in the State is the Constitution of Ireland, from which all other law derives its authority. The Republic has a common-law legal system with a written constitution that provides for a parliamentary democracy based on the British parliamentary system, [1] albeit with a popularly elected president, a separation of powers, a ...
However, the removal of the king's constitutional position within Ireland was brought about in 1948 not by any change to the Constitution but by ordinary law (The Republic of Ireland Act 1948). Since the Irish state was unambiguously a republic after 1949 (when the 1948 Act came into operation) and the same Constitution was in force prior to ...
The Constitution of Ireland, adopted in 1937, says that "the name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland". Section 2 of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 states, "It is hereby declared that the description of the State shall be the
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 [a] (No. 22 of 1948) is an Act of the Oireachtas which declares that the description of Ireland is the Republic of Ireland, and vests in the president of Ireland the power to exercise the executive authority of the state in its external relations, on the advice of the Government of Ireland.
Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union.While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, it is a largely ceremonial position, with real political power being vested in the Taoiseach, who is nominated by the Dáil and is the head of the government.
Since 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 has provided that the Republic of Ireland (or Poblacht na hÉireann in Irish) is the official description for the state. [10] However, Ireland remains the constitutional name of the state. The constitutional name Ireland is normally used.
Republic of Ireland constitutional case law (9 P) Constitution of Ireland (2 C, 10 P) ... (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Bill 1995;
The enactment of the Constitution of Ireland in 1937 has been described as a "legal revolution". [20] The Irish Free State government was bound by the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State. The 1922 Constitution was made subject to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.