Irish Law

Ireland operates a common law legal system under a written constitution, the Constitution of Ireland, adopted by popular referendum on 1 July 1937 and brought into force that December, which stands as the cornerstone of the Irish legal order and the ultimate source of authority for every branch of government. The system follows the British parliamentary model in its separation of legislative, judicial and executive power, but with a popularly elected president rather than a monarch, and its courts hold the power of judicial review to strike down legislation inconsistent with the constitution. Irish law draws on several layers: the constitution itself, statutes passed by the Oireachtas, judge-made common law, secondary legislation in the form of statutory instruments, European Union law, and international law, with a statute book that reaches back more than eight hundred years, incorporating pre-independence enactments that remain compatible with the current constitution.

The law of Ireland is made up of constitutional law, statute law and common law, with the Constitution of Ireland as the highest law from which all other law draws its authority. Ireland runs a common law legal system under a written constitution that establishes a parliamentary democracy modeled on the British parliamentary system, but with a popularly elected president, separation of powers, a developed body of constitutional rights and judicial review of primary legislation. The law currently in force in Ireland traces back more than 800 years. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/