Legal system
1. Is your jurisdiction primarily a common law, civil law,
customary law or theocratic law jurisdiction? Are the laws
substantially derived from the laws of another jurisdiction and, if
so, which? What instruments have legal force and effect? Who are
the lawmaking bodies? How and where are new laws published? Can
laws be passed with retrospective effect?
Ireland
Ireland is a common law jurisdiction deriving its laws
substantially from laws of other common law jurisdictions,
principally England and Wales. The Constitution, Acts of the
Oireachtas (Parliament), Statutory Instruments, regulations, and
European Union legislation all have legal force and effect. The
Oireachtas (the Irish parliament comprising two houses –
Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann) is the
lawmaking body. New laws are published by the Oireachtas on
the
Irish Statute Book and are signed into law by the President.
Laws can be passed with retrospective effect, provided they do
