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Law and State: The Case of Northern Ireland

Law and State: The Case of Northern Ireland

By Kevin Boyle, Tom Hadden and Paddy Hillyard

University of Massachusetts Press, 1975, 194 pp.

A short, trenchant analysis of the changing role of law during the last five years of growing communal conflict in Ulster. An unusual mixture of detachment, expertise, and engagement, with important observations on the place of law in society generally.