The Constitution of Ireland 1937-1987
dc.contributor.author | Institute of Public Administration (IPA) | |
dc.contributor.author | Litton, Frank | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-14T13:18:08Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-14T13:18:08Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Institute of Public Administration, Litton, Frank (ed). 1988. The Constitution of Ireland 1937-1987. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration (IPA) | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0906980828 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/560394 | en |
dc.description | A Constitution defines the political institutions of a state and sets boundaries to its authority. In this it shapes the form of living together of a people. The fact that people give themselves a Constitution supposes that this momentous matter is a subject of choice. The character of our social life is not imposed by nature, but is created by us. Allow this and questions about what is a good life, a just society, a healthy community emerge. The answering of these questions is inseparable from constitution making. Of course, these are not the only matters to be attended to: the claim to sovereignty implied in a Constitution has to be made good in a world of other states who may contest it. Inequalities among the people themselves crea te conllicting interests that must be accommodated. Constitution making requires that the cunning or a Machiavellian prince bejoined to the wisdom of a philosopher king. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Institute of Public Administration (IPA) | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Administration (Special Issue) Journal of the Institute of Public Administration. Vol 35. No 4, 1987. | en |
dc.subject | POLICY FORMULATION | en |
dc.subject | SOCIAL CARE | en |
dc.subject | COMMUNITY CARE | en |
dc.subject | HEALTH LEGISLATION | en |
dc.title | The Constitution of Ireland 1937-1987 | en |
dc.type | Report | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-27T01:46:22Z |