The Irish Constitutional Tradition: Responsible Government and Modern Ireland, 1782-1992

London-born Ward (government, College of William and Mary) interprets the constitutional history of Ireland over the past two centuries as an errant child of the British parliamentary tradition. He treats the failed Irish parliament in the late 18th century, the Union and the growing home-rule movement through the 19th, the special arrangements in the north after partition in 1921, and the constitutions of the Free State (1922) and the Republic (1937). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.