The sovereignty of the Irish People

Abstract

My research addresses the question of what role the People play in the Irish constitutional order. This leads to several related enquiries, the most substantive of which is an examination of the doctrine of popular sovereignty as it exists in Irish constitutional law. I researched this thesis conservatively by 21st century standards, using electronic and physical copies of textbooks and journal articles from a number of disciplines as well as textbooks and journal articles that were themselves interdisciplinary. I made very extensive use of the wide variety of materials available from both subscription and open-access online repositories.