Category: History - Modern (1750+)
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How different the power of kings such as these from the power of the French monarch who in the 18th century declared, "L'Etat, c'est moi"--"I am the State." He was right. He was...
3. Part 3When, however, sovereignty passed to the people, they assumed the attributes and the functions of that sovereignty. Where once the king's person and the king's dwelling, for exa...
6. Part 6In the case of the death, resignation or disqualification of a member of the Senate/Seanad Eireann (other than a University member) his place shall be filled by a vote of the Se...
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4. Part 4The three organic parts of every Constitution are the Legislature, for the making and enacting of laws, the Executive, for the execution and administration of laws, and the Judi...
5. Part 5It is the duty of a Constitution, not merely to provide for the present, but to leave itself lissom and flexible for the development of the future. If those developments can in...
7. Part 7Until Courts have been established for the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann in accordance with this Constitution, the Supreme Court of Judicature, County Courts, Courts of Quar...