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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has functioned without interruption for over a century, yet its intermediate position can obscure the importance of its judgments.
This book demonstrates the Court of Appeal’s pivotal role in securing justice, both by correcting lower court decisions and by developing the common law. It examines, in particular, how the Court has applied and developed the rule of law in a post-conflict society.
Authored by experts in the law of Northern Ireland, this compelling text is based on archival research, statistical and qualitative case analyses, court observations, and exclusive interviews with senior judges.
“It is an account which is both informative and fascinating, and, indeed, multidimensional: the authors bring together historical investigation, quantitative and qualitative analysis of case law, expert interviews and social insights to create a compelling and holistic account of the court’s workings. This book will prove invaluable to any academic interested in, or practitioner working in, courts in Northern Ireland, as well as scholars of courts and judges more generally.” Lewis Graham, University of Manchester
“A meticulously researched piece of work, giving noteworthy insight into the history of the Court of Appeal.” Sarah Craig, Ulster University
“A rich source of new and important empirical material and analysis, which ought to feature significantly in conferences and comparative research studies of appellate courts across the different legal systems of these islands and beyond” Rachel Cahill-O’Callaghan, Cardiff University
Conor McCormick is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast.
Brice Dickson is Emeritus Professor in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast.
1. Introduction
2. The Origins of the Court
3. An Overview of Recent Activities
4. Civil Business
5. Criminal Business
6. Conspicuous Business
7. Appeals to the House of Lords and the Supreme Court
8. Conservation and Reform Reflections
9. Conclusion