Child Law is an exceptional work... it stands out as an impressive and much-needed reference on the law as it relates to one of our nation's most valued resources The Hon. Mr Justice John L Murray, Chief Justice of Ireland, Four Courts, in the foreword to the new edition. Child Law - 2nd Edition is a fully comprehensive narrative text of 1,400 pages. Now part of the Brehon Library the new edition provides a detailed text with full analysis and commentary, offering an assessment of the law together with suggested approaches to its practice. This seminal text covers both civil and criminal aspects of child law and gives you a clear and incisive examination of the entire Irish child law system. Child Law - 2nd Edition has been fully revised to reflect all legislative changes since the first edition. The new edition of Child Law will include all recent national and international court decisions. It also includes a commentary on all statutes and statutory instruments in the child law area that have come into force since the last edition. CHILD LAW - 2nd EDITION CONTAINS NEW MATERIAL INCLUDING: 1. Migrant children, child refugees and asylum seekers, separated children and trafficked children - Considers the Immigration Residence, and Protection Bill 2008 and the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008. 2. Maintenance - Considers the myriad of issues in relation to maintenance and children, including new rules on the recognition of foreign maintenance orders. 3. Children and the Criminal Justice System - Reviews the child as an offender. 4. Child Sexual Abuse - Deals with the child as a victim, including child abuse, sexual abuse of children, grooming, child pornography, vetting, and the Sex Offenders Register. 5. Medical Law - Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the various family law issues are dealt with. 6. New Approaches to Children's Interests - Reviews the challenges in securing the best interest of children and young people in the context of the changing nature of family life in Ireland. It considers a range of issues that the legislature and courts will have to grapple with over the next few decades. These issues are explored in light of Ireland's obligations under international law and in particular the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The Civil Partnership Bill 2009 is also examined. COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE * Considers the impact of the proliferation of increasingly complex international instruments on domestic child law. * Deals with education and undertakes an examination of the right to education under the Constitution and the Education Acts. * Comprehensive coverage of alternative care in the context of the role of the Health Service Executive under the Child Care Act, 1991 as amended by the Child Care (Amendment) Act, 2009, including the role of the HSE in childcare and protection, the placement of children outside the State, children with medical or psychiatric needs, child pornography, vetting and childcare services. * Deals with the involvement of children in the legal process. It considers hearing the voice of the child, the separate representation of children and the role of the Ombudsman for Children. * Examines in detail for the Adoption Act 2009. * Considers international initiatives designed to combat child abuse as well as specific Irish issues regarding child abuse. * Examines the position of migrant children, child refugees, child trafficiking, and asylum seekers. * Deals with the emerging areas of medical treatment of minors and a range of issues that the legislature and courts will have to address over the next few decades. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Geoffrey Shannon is Ireland's leading expert on the law relating to children. Since the first edition of this seminal work, Geoffrey Shannon has been appointed by the Government as Chairman of the Adoption Board and a Special Rapporteur on Child Protection. He has also been appointed by the Irish Economic and Social Research Institute as the Child Law expert to the longitudinal study of children, which is the most ambitious project of its kind ever to have been commissioned in Ireland. He is editor of the Irish Journal of Family Law and has published extensively in the areas of Family and Child Law. In March 2010, Geoffrey Shannon was appointed as a member of an expert review panel to examine the deaths of children in care of the State.
The Revised European Convention on the" Adoption of Children (RECAC) was introduced by the Council of Europe in 2008, in an effort to provide a modern framework for the adoption of children. It represents an international consensus on acceptable child adoption, reflecting the different views, legal diversity and common heritage of member states. This book provides an in-depth analysis and commentary on each of the 30 articles of the revised convention. It is a comprehensive work which explores the changes and developments that have taken place since the 1967 Convention on the Adoption of Children first emerged. It is a detailed, one-stop source for judges, social workers, legislatures and adoption practitioners on all aspects of the RECAC. This clear and incisive text is divided into three parts, commencing with an overview of the convention, followed by an examination of the general principles and concluding with the final clauses.
The introduction of divorce marked a watershed in Irish legal and social history. Since its introduction on February 27, 1997 several cases have come before the Circuit, High and Supreme Courts which have provided clarification on some of the ambiguities in the legislation. The introduction of Brussels II Regulation had fundamentally altered the manner in which divorce advice is imparted. *This lengthy 400-500 page book provides you with an in-depth analysis of the key areas of divorce with plenty of examples. *It is a definitive work which explores the changes and developments that have taken place since the introduction of divorce. *It is a comprehensive one-stop shop for all family law practitioners. *The book reveals how trends in particular areas have begun to emerge in divorce over the last decade. *This book examines in detail the development of divorce over the last 10 years and provides you with useful examples. Contents: Consequences of decree of divorce; Grounds for divorce, Factors considered by the Court, The Family Home, Maintenance, Succession rights, Property adjustment orders, Pensions, Practice and procedure in divorce applications, Ancillary relief, Recognition of foreign divorces, Brussels II. Geoffrey Shannon is a solicitor and Deputy Director of Education in The Law Society of Ireland.
Family Law in Ireland is a booming area of practice. The volume and increasing complexity of legislation, coupled with the in camera nature of family law proceedings, have resulted in a clamour for guidance by practitioners. This Manual will serve the needs not only of the legal community, but also of those professions upon which this rapidly expanding branch of law impacts. Changes to the second edition include: recent decisions on divorce (K v K, T v T, White v White, and Cowan v Cowan);recent decisions on pensions, child care, custody and access, and child abduction; the Children Act 2001; the Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000; and the European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001. Published in conjunction with the Law Society of Ireland, the titles in this innovative series provide a unique guide to the law, practice, and procedure in Ireland. Each title provides a clear overview of its subject, focusing on the practical issues that confront lawyers onan everyday basis. Written by acknowledged experts in their fields, the Manuals provide detailed analysis of recent cases and legislation, highlight key issues in practice, and set out specimen forms and precedents. The Manuals are essential reading for apprentices studying on the Law Society of Ireland's Professional Practice Course. They will also be indispensable to any Irish practitioner requiring a practical, user-friendly and jargon-free treatment of key practical areas.
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies, is covered regularly in the media, and affects people everyday around the globe. In response to the increasing need for information about medical genetics and biotechnology as well as the ethical issues these fields raise, Sheed & Ward proudly presents the Readings in Bioethics Series. Edited by Thomas A. Shannon, the series provides anthologies of critical essays and reflections by leading ethicists in four pivotal areas: reproductive technologies, genetic technologies, death and dying, and health care policy. The goal of this series is twofold: first, to provide a set of readers on thematic topics for introductory or survey courses in bioethics or for courses with a particular theme or time limitation. Second, each of the readers in this series is designed to help students focus more thoroughly and effectively on specific topics that flesh out the ethical issues at the core of bioethics. The series is also highly accessible to general readers interested in bioethics. This volume collects critical essays by leading scholars on issues in biotechnology, genetic counseling and the disabled, population screening, race-based gamete selection, stem cell research, reproductive freedom and preimplantation diagnosis, procreation for organ and tissue procurement, and other critical areas where moral and ethical dilemmas are emerging from new and existing practices, policy, and legislation.
How they are affected by that loss of contact is largely unknown as research into the experience of such fathers is missing. Given most parents would agree that losing one's child is perhaps one of the worst things that could happen to them, research into this experience is warranted.
This publication is based on a collection of papers delivered at a family law conference organised by the Department of Legal Studies at Dublin Institute of Technology. It is the first material published on divorce since the coming into force of the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996.
The focus of Health and Safety: Law and Practice - 2nd edition is on the legislative and common law positions relating to health and safety and the consequent implications for employers and employees.It is comprehensive and fully up-to-date, incorporating the most recent legislation - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 - which repeals and replaces the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989. It also includes a brand new chapter on bullying, harassment and stress as a health and safety issue in the work place.It is therefore an indispensable source of reference to the many detailed regulations implemented under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the authoritative guidelines issued by the Health and Safety Authority.
When dealing with marital breakdown, married couples have to confront many complex legal, financial and emotional issues in an effort to achieve a satisfactory resolution. These include maintenance and pension entitlements, which may have significant tax implications. Practical in format, this text clearly outlines spouses' responsibilities, presents cases studies of different pension scenarios and details the tax position since the introduction of the Finance Act 2001. The tax section covers both income/maintenance and transfer of assets. It considers the tax implications at different stages of marital breakdown. In a clear and readable style, this text should be of particular use to all those involved in advising families on the current principles governing the legal aspects of marital breakdown, and of practice and procedure in the area.
One of Few Surviving Works. This is one of the finest surviving works on Irish history. It was originally written in 17th century gaelic by Dr. Keating. This edition was fully translated into modern English by John O'Mahoney, including voluminous footnotes which could be made into a book unto themselves. This is the entire 3 volume IGF set, and the rare translation by O'Mahoney, published by the Irish Genealogical Foundation. "Seathrún Céitinn", the author, is better known in English as "Geoffrey Keating". He served as a historian, poet and clergyman in 17th century. This book, his "History of Ireland" or "Foras Feasa ar Éirinn", or "Foundation of Knowledge on Ireland", was originally written in the Gaelic language, in the 17th century, during the reign of Charles I of England.
Reliability and continuous availability have become crucial for computer software in the information economy. Well-publicized failures from both industry and government have underscored the need for mission-critical software to be thoroughly tested before being released into the marketplace. When it comes to industrial-strength reliability, no computer system is more renowned than the mainframe. But for years the actual approaches used to test mainframe software have been kept under wraps. What techniques are used? How do the teams in mainframe development labs test their systems to ensure they will deliver such extreme levels of robustness? How can these lessons be applied to other software projects? Software Testing Techniques: Finding the Defects that Matter answers these questions and provides practical testing techniques for achieving robust reliability with any large-scale software project. Written in a friendly, accessible style, the book highlights areas such as devising attacks to validate data integrity, wreaking havoc to ensure recoverability, exploiting virtualized environments to improve test efficiency, the tug of war between finding defects and meeting schedules, and approaches for emulating customer environments to find the most critical defects. Focusing on real-life techniques illustrated through examples and case studies gleaned from the authors' experiences with large server testing and operation, software engineers will discover tried and true techniques that are used for testing multimillion-dollar commercial software products.
Since the publication of the second edition of this highly acclaimed textbook, telecommunications has progressed at a rapid rate. Major advances continue to occur in mobile communications and broadband digital networks and services, sophisticated signal processing techniques are prevalent at increasingly higher bit rates, and digital systems are widespread. These developments need to be addressed in a textbook that bridges the gap in the current knowledge and teachings of telecommunications engineering. Telecommunications Engineering, 3rd Edition offers an introduction to the major telecommunications topics by combining an analytical approach to important concepts with a descriptive account of systems design. Completely updated and expanded, this third edition includes substantial material on integrated services digital networks, mobile communications systems, metropolitan area networks, and more. What's New in the 3rd Edition New chapter on mobile communications covering first generation analog and second generation digital systems Expanded chapter on non-linear coding of voice waveforms for PCM New section on NICAM Updated chapter on the transient performance of the phase locked loop Revised chapter on recent major developments in satellite television New introduction to coding techniques for burst errors Extended chapter on ISDN and broadband digital communications Supplemented with worked problems, numerous illustrations, and extensive references to more advanced material, this textbook provides a solid foundation for undergraduate students of electrical, electronic, and telecommunications engineering.
This book presents a comprehensive mathematical theory that explains precisely what information flow is, how it can be assessed quantitatively – so bringing precise meaning to the intuition that certain information leaks are small enough to be tolerated – and how systems can be constructed that achieve rigorous, quantitative information-flow guarantees in those terms. It addresses the fundamental challenge that functional and practical requirements frequently conflict with the goal of preserving confidentiality, making perfect security unattainable. Topics include: a systematic presentation of how unwanted information flow, i.e., "leaks", can be quantified in operationally significant ways and then bounded, both with respect to estimated benefit for an attacking adversary and by comparisons between alternative implementations; a detailed study of capacity, refinement, and Dalenius leakage, supporting robust leakage assessments; a unification of information-theoretic channels and information-leaking sequential programs within the same framework; and a collection of case studies, showing how the theory can be applied to interesting realistic scenarios. The text is unified, self-contained and comprehensive, accessible to students and researchers with some knowledge of discrete probability and undergraduate mathematics, and contains exercises to facilitate its use as a course textbook.
How the development of legal and financial institutions transformed Britain into the world’s first capitalist country Modern capitalism emerged in England in the eighteenth century and ushered in the Industrial Revolution, though scholars have long debated why. Some attribute the causes to technological change while others point to the Protestant ethic, liberal ideas, and cultural change. The Wealth of a Nation reveals the crucial developments in legal and financial institutions in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that help to explain this dramatic transformation. Offering new perspectives on the early history of capitalism, Geoffrey Hodgson describes how, for the emerging British economy, pressures from without were as important as evolution from within. He shows how intensive military conflicts overseas forced the state to undertake major financial, administrative, legal, and political reforms. The resulting institutional changes not only bolstered the British war machine—they fostered the Industrial Revolution. Hodgson traces how Britain’s war capitalism led to an expansion of its empire and a staggering increase in the slave trade, and how the institutional innovations that radically transformed the British economy were copied and adapted by countries around the world. A landmark work of scholarship, The Wealth of a Nation sheds light on how external factors such as war gave rise to institutional arrangements that facilitated finance, banking, and investment, and offers a conceptual framework for further research into the origins and consolidation of capitalism in England.
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