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Brehon laws
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the ancient Irish laws, - unwritten, like the common law of England. They were abolished by statute of Edward III.

See also: Brehon



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Doherty who would have come from a Brehon law system of spirited Irish women was entrepreneurial in the Irish College of Louvain while in exile established herself in practice as the first Irish Ambassador of Brussels supplying documentation for travel to all her Irish brethren.
The Lisbon Treaty for Women - the Reasons Why by Ralph Quinlan Forde / Politics community
The book covers religious disputes, political power, poets, intermarriage between early Norman settlers and the indigenous Gaels, the ancient Brehon Laws that were community based, and the influence of families such as the O'Neills, O'Donnells and the Fitzgeralds.
McCaffrey, Carmel. In search of Ireland's heroes by Julian, Janet / Kliatt
In his political tract A View of the Present State of Ireland, Spenser argues that the Brehon law, the native customary law of Ireland, must be superseded by English jurisprudence for the benefit of the Irish: yet, Spenser realizes, this argument itself is untenable, as it suggests that native English legal forms are appropriate for universal application.
Law and Empire in English Renaissance Literature by Kanelos, Peter / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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