The Gazette 1975

Acts Passed by the Oireachtas in 1975

14. Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975 15. Restrictive Practices (Confirmation of Order) Act 16. Industrial Development Act, 1975 17. Agricultural Credit Act, 1975 18. Gaeltacht Industries (Amendment) Act, 1975 19. Finance (No. 2) Act, 1975 20 Capital Gains Tax Act, 1975 21. Air Navigation and Transport (No. 2) Act 22. Turf Development Act 23. Employment Premium Act 24. Nitrigin Eireann Teoranta Act 25. Wealth Tax Act, 1975 26. Tourist Traffic Act, 1975 27. Regulation of Banks (Remuneration and Conditions of Employment) Act, 1975

1. Social Welfare Act

26 March, 1975

12 July, 1975

2. Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act 3. Law Reform Commission Act

2April, 1975 16 April, 1975 22 April, 1975 5 May, 1975 14 May, 1975

16 July, 1975 21 July, 1975 29 July, 1975 29 July, 1975 30 July, 1975 5 August, 1975 5August, 1975 5 August, 1975 6 August, 1975 11 August, 1975 16 August, 1975 3 December, 1975

4. Trade Union Act 5. Land Bond Act 6. Finance Act

7. Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act 8. Social Welfare (Pay-related Benefit) Act 9. Air Navigation and Transport Act 10. Restricted Licences Conversion Fund Act 11. Racing Board and Racecourses (Amendment) Act 12. Court of Justice of the European Communities (Perjury) Act

21 May, 1975

31 May, 1975 19 June, 1975

23 June, 1975

24 June, 1975

24 June, 1975 9 July, 1975

13. Appropriation Act

11 December, 1975

Reception for Mr. J. S. R. Cole, Q.C. A reception was held by the recently-elected Presi- dent, Mr. P. C. Moore, on Thursday, 11th December 1975, in the Council Chamber of the Law Society on the occasion of the launching of the book (Irish) Cases on Criminal Law by Mr. J. S R. Cole, Q.C., Senior Lecturer in Law, Trinity College, Dublin.

selected cases covering a wide field of subjects on the criminal side in all of which important decisions were made in the High and Supreme Courts of this country. For this reason alone, the book must prove to be a valu- able contribution to the history of the Criminal Law in the Republic of Ireland.A copy of this book should be on the shelf in the study of every law student whether he be a solicitor's apprentice or Bar student. In fact I go further and say that a copy of this book would be an invaluable addition to libraries of prac- tising solicitors, barristers and even of the members of the judiciary. In my considered opinion, this work is "a job well done" and the Council of the Incorporated Law Society are also to be congratulated on their fore- sight in sponsoring the publication of this volume of Cases on Criminal Law and I express the hope that all those interested in the subject will avail of the oppor- tunity of having a copy in their keeping. One final observation I would like to make—the author has another object in mind and I wholeheartedly agree with him in that the present-day education theory leans very much towards "case book" teaching and less towards the "text book 1 " technique. If this be the right approach, then works of this kind in other fields of law become more and more important in the legal educa- tional system. The President, Mr. Moore, congratulated Mr. Cole on his wide erudition and research. Mr. Cole thanked the Law Society for sponsoring the work and Eagle Press Ltd for printing and publishing the book.

Mr. Walter Beatty, Chairman of the Public Relations Committee, introduced the speakers. District Justice Herman Good then said : I was privileged to have been given the opportunity of reading the manuscript of the publication of Professor Cole's book entitled Cases in Criminal Law. I read through the lengthy and voluminous pages of the script and I must confess it took me well over a week to digest all the material and cases selected and collated by him. I was indeed most impressed with the manner in which th's formidable task was undertaken and accom- plished by him and so well indexed and presented by the Professor that he is therefore in my humble view, to be congratulated on his achievement to which he must have devoted considerably energy, research and meti- culous study. Speaking for myself as a Justice of the District Court, and as a former solicitor who practised for nearly forty years in Dublin engaged in literally thousands of criminal cases as an advocate, I have no hesitation in saying that Professor Cole's book is of the highest merit calling for the highest praise. There has been a dearth of legal text books on Criminal Law in recent years and although this book is not a text book —it is a reference book containing carefully and well-

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