Retreat from Revolution e-bog
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In the spring of 1920, a remarkable phenomenon occurred in Ireland: the people took over the administration of law and order in their own communities and turned their backs on the enforced British judicial system. It became international news. Small tribunals adjudicated in local disputes about land, the local Volunteer companies abducted and punished thieves and petty criminals, directed publi...
E-bog
91,93 DKK
Forlag
Irish Academic Press
Udgivet
31 marts 2020
Længde
174 sider
Genrer
HBJD1
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781788551281
In the spring of 1920, a remarkable phenomenon occurred in Ireland: the people took over the administration of law and order in their own communities and turned their backs on the enforced British judicial system. It became international news. Small tribunals adjudicated in local disputes about land, the local Volunteer companies abducted and punished thieves and petty criminals, directed public order at race meetings and fair days, and in parts of the country burnt down the existing court houses. Retreat from Revolution is the first in-depth account of the courts system established by a Dil decree in June 1920. Presided over by locally elected justices and attached to virtually every parish in the country for ready access, these Dil courts soon displaced the largely abandoned British court system, on which people turned their backs. This is the true story of the Dil Courts as told by the people involved - the litigants, the officials and the judges. Mary Kotsonouris vividly portrays the self-confidence of these men and women, their ability to create structure that answered their needs, and their keen appreciation of their place in the emerging democracy.