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Irish Courts System

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  • 01-12-2009 8:59pm
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    Ciarajl
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    I am doing some research and would like to know your opinion on the Irish courts system, views from a legal point of view and from a lay person point of view welcome. It is a subject that interest me!!! That is all!!!!
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    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    Its deadly.


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    LookBehindYou
    Registered Users Posts: 994 ✭✭✭LookBehindYou


    Courts are all about technicalities and wording of the law, and NOTHING to do with right and wrong.


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    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    Massive sweeping generalisations are always wrong.


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    shaneybaby
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭shaneybaby


    LookBehindYou wrote: »
    Courts are all about technicalities and wording of the law, and NOTHING to do with right and wrong.

    As the US judge Oliver Wendell Homes Jr said "this is a court of law, not of justice"


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    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    shaneybaby wrote: »
    As the US judge Oliver Wendell Homes Jr said "this is a court of law, not of justice"
    good one, I'll have to use this myself


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    dermot_sheehan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dermot_sheehan


    They resolve disputes.

    Nothing more, nothing less.


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    Cróga
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Cróga


    It's just a game where men dress up in costumes and start acting. They create their own language called legalese which they use to con other people to play their game. When one of these actors come up to you with a contract (i.e. parking ticket) you think you have to play because it says things like "you must" (which is synonymous with may), "you're obligated".. to do such an such when really that is their language. They want you to play this game so much so that they even invite (summons means invite) you to come to their party, and if you dont want to go they hire other actors to come get you and send you out a big fat cheque (warrant) because they really want you at their party. They want you to pretend you're wearing a costume (address you by the legal title/fiction MR Joe Bloggs) and when you dont play (not giving them subject matter jurisdiction) they get in a fuss. They want you playing the game so badly that they even give you benefits such as booking you into a nice warm hotel room (a cell) but only if you agree to act (they need your signature).

    :)


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