The fifth edition of the Round Hall Criminal Law Nutshell is an invaluable study aid, providing the student with the condensed principles of criminal law and up-to-date case law and legislation. The Nutshell is framed with particular regard to students who seek a straightforward introduction to Criminal Law, as well as those revising for exams. This text provides a useful springboard for the further study of cases and commentaries in this area.

Features:

• Explains basic principles and highlights key cases and statutes.
• Summarises the essential components of the vast subject of criminal law.
• A simple introduction to criminal law for students that covers complex areas of law clearly and concisely, providing understanding of an important area of law in the run up to exams.
• Fully updated references to recent case law and legislation since the publication of the fourth edition.
• Concise application of the legal principles to supporting case law.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

This new edition of Company Law Nutshell provides the student and practitioner with an up-to-date and accessible overview of Irish company law. This is an invaluable text for not only students preparing for university and professional exams in law and accountancy, but also busy practitioners, company directors and officers and their advisers.

Key Features

• An easy-to-understand approach that provides you with key analysis and interpretation;
• Up-to-date and including all important case law and legislation, including the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 and the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Preventive Restructuring Directives;
• Expert overview of the entire Companies Acts making this complicated field easier to navigate and understand.

New to This Edition

• Covers all major aspects of Irish company law including general concepts, types of company, formation, management, regulation, borrowing and security, shareholder rights and remedies, directors’ duties, accounts and audit, examinership, windings up, mergers and divisions;
• Deals with the legislative changes made by the Companies Act 2014 and all subsequent legislation including the Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018, the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021, the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024, and the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Preventive Restructuring Directives;
• All chapters have been revised and rewritten to incorporate recent developments, and many have been expanded to cover areas not previously addressed in previous editions.

This new edition of Fundamentals of the Irish Legal System continues to examine key features of the Irish legal system in a clear and accessible manner. Readers are invited to think deeply and critically about the interlinkages of law, policy, and politics in the Irish legal system. How law and society interact to shape and change each other is a key underlying theme of this text.

Key features

• Explains and critically assesses how Irish law is made and applied.
• Analyses what the law is, the concept of the rule of law, sources of law, the civil and criminal jurisdiction of courts, alternative dispute resolution, the place of international and European Union law in the Irish legal system, the role of judges and legal practitioners, the Irish administrative state and judicial review, as well as access to justice in the Irish legal system.
• Explains the intricacies of the Irish legal system while providing contextual analysis and discussion of key areas and controversies.
• Embeds skills-based approaches to legal study, identifying approaches to find, read, analyse and critique legislation, case law, texts and journal articles, so that students can put their knowledge into practice.

Key learning features

• Logical and clear engagement with the fundamentals of the Irish legal system.
• Practical and up-to-date analysis on developments within the Irish legal system.
• Dedicated legal insight sections within chapters to assist students in understanding law within its societal context.

The new edition of the Family Law Nutshell presents a detailed yet concise examination of the core aspects of Irish family law, with a view to assisting students beginning their study of the subject and those revising for exams. The clear and thorough manner in which the information is presented will make this an invaluable revision tool for all students of the discipline. The book provides a comprehensive insight into reported and unreported decisions of the courts, legislation, and other relevant developments in the context of an ever-evolving society.

Since the first edition, there have been a number of both legislative and constitutional changes, in particular in relation to: guardianship, custody and access, the rights of the child, same-sex couples, civil partnership and cohabitation, adoption, domestic violence, and marital breakdown. All chapters have been revised and rewritten to incorporate such developments, and the content has been updated generally on the law relating to both the marital and non-marital families, and children.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

About the Author

Marianne Joyce is a recent graduate of the LLM in Children's Rights and Family Law at University College Cork. She has previously published on children and young people's participation in research, having worked as a youth researcher for a number of years. In 2023, she co-authored Family Law, 2nd edition (Round Hall) with Professor Louise Crowley. She is currently working as a Policy Officer in the Ombudsman for Children's Office.

Contract Law Nutshell addresses the core principles of Irish Contract Law, with a view to assisting students beginning their study of the subject and those revising for exams. The text highlights key cases and legislation in the field, explaining the law in a manner that is accessible and succinct. It places particular emphasis on the formation of contracts, the terms of a contract, consumer protection, defences, and remedies.

Since the first edition, there have been a number of developments in the law, in particular in relation to: formalities of contract, consumer contracts, undue influence, and implied terms. All chapters have been revised and rewritten to incorporate such developments.

The Nutshell places a particular emphasis on the practical application of contract law, with a view to assisting students preparing for university and professional examinations in this subject.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

About the Author

Shauna Colgan BCL, LL.M., BL is a practising barrister with a mixed civil practice. She tutors at The Law Society of Ireland and has lectured at Griffith College where she was also a Programme Director.

The third edition of the Round Hall Employment Law Nutshell is an invaluable study aid, providing the student with the condensed principles of employment law and up-to-date case law and legislation. The Nutshell is framed with particular regard to students who seek a straightforward introduction to Employment Law, as well as those revising for exams. This text provides a useful springboard for the further study of cases and commentaries in this area.

Features:

• Explains basic principles and highlights key cases and statutes.
• Summarises the essential components of the vast subject of employment law.
• A simple introduction to employment law for students that covers complex areas of law clearly and concisely, providing understanding of an important area of law in the run up to exams.
• Fully updated references to recent case law and legislation since the publication of the second edition.
• Concise application of the legal principles to supporting case law.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

Nutshells: Administrative Law, second edition, provides busy students and practitioners with a comprehensive overview of administrative law in Ireland. It concisely explains the core principles and concepts of this dynamic and important part of Irish law. Administrative law is a core requirement to enter the King’s Inns. In particular, this text provides a helpful and detailed revision tool for the complex area of judicial review, which currently accounts for about a third of the cases in the High Court.

Features:

• Explains basic principles and highlights key cases and statutes.
• A simple introduction to administrative law for students that covers complex areas of law clearly and concisely, providing understanding of an important area of law in the run up to exams.
• A detailed guide to the procedures expected to be followed by Administrators, and what can be considered to be unfair procedure.
• An easy-to-understand guide to judicial review, including judicial review procedure, judicial review remedies, who can take a judicial review and who and what can be subject to a judicial review.

New to this Edition:

• Updates the first edition to take account of new statutory changes and Supreme Court case law.
• Deals with growth areas of judicial review such as planning law and asylum law.
• Brand new chapter on Appeal administrative law cases.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

Round Hall’s long-awaited third edition of the popular Land Law Nutshell is framed with particular regard to students who seek a straightforward introduction to Land Law, as well as those revising for exams. This text provides a useful springboard for the further study of cases and commentaries in this area.

Features:

• Condensed principles of land law.
• Key legislative developments since the second edition in 2011, including the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Act 2019 and important amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009.
• Details of relevant case law up to and including 2020.

Land Law is a core subject and this text covers all the required areas, such as:

• Freehold Ownership
• Leasehold Ownership
• Hybrid Interests
• Mortgages
• Co-Ownership and Transfer of Land
• Easements and Adverse Possession
• Freehold Covenants
• Succession Law
• Licences and Estoppel

The third edition of the Round Hall Tort Nutshell is an invaluable study aid, providing the student with the condensed principles of tort law and up-to-date case law and legislation. The Nutshell is framed with particular regard to students who seek a straightforward introduction to tort law, as well as those revising for exams. This text provides a useful springboard for the further study of cases and commentaries in this area.

Features:

• Condensed principles of the law of torts.
• Up-to-date and important case law developments.
• Defences and remedies detailed for each individual tort.
• Concise application of the legal principles to supporting case law.

New to this Edition:

• Development of the Defamation Act 2009 since it was commenced in 2010, including analysis of defamatory statements made online or in different jurisdictions.
• Developments in the law of occupiers’ liability.
• Revised chapter on employers’ liability, including duties to prevent harassment and bullying in the workplace, workplace safety and case law developments.
• Revised chapter on products liability and application of recent case law, including the meaning of ‘defective’, the date of knowledge of the defect in the product, and defences.
• New chapter on the tort of passing off.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

This first edition provides the reader with the essentials of Irish immigration, EU free movement, and citizenship law for the first time in our Nutshells series.

Key features:

• An easy to understand, succinct overview of Immigration law; EU free movement law in Ireland; and nationality and citizenship law.
• Highlights the key cases and principles in an accessible and concise manner.
• Ideal for helping the student with assignments that require an overall understanding of how this area operates.
• Up-to-date, and including all legislation and key case law in this fast-developing area.
• Outlines how visas and entry to the State operate for non-Irish nationals.
• Helps the reader to understand the various ways that non-Irish nationals can lawfully reside in the State.
• Explains how the removal and deportation processes work, and the legal issues that arise.
• Particular focus is given to how personal and family rights, and the rights of children, are considered in the deportation process.
• Outlines all the civil and criminal enforcement measures, including criminal offences, relevant to immigration control.
• Sets out clearly the various ways that someone can be, or be entitled to be, or become naturalised as, an Irish citizen.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

Key features:

• An easy to understand, succinct overview of the key principles and cases arising from Irish Constitutional Law;
• Highlights the key cases and constitutional principles in an accessible and succinct manner;
• Traces recent developments and trends in Irish Constitutional Law;
• Includes up-to-date discussion of the latest cases and recent changes to the Constitution.

New to this edition:

• All chapters have been revised and updated to include recent developments in this area of law;
• Addresses recent changes to the Constitution including the introduction of the new Court of Appeal, the Children’s Amendment and the outcome of the Marriage Referendum;
• Discussion of recent seminal cases such as McCrystal v Minister of Children and Youth Affairs [2012] IESC 53, Fleming v Ireland [2013] IESC 19, P.P. v HSE [2014] IEHC 622, Callely v Moylan, [2014] IESC 26, DPP v J.C. [2015] IESC 31, Kerins v McGuinness [2017] IEHC 34, and DPP v Doyle [2017] IESC 1.

Author

Dr Fergus Ryan LLB (Dub), PhD (Dub) is a senior lecturer in law at Maynooth University with many years’ experience teaching and researching law. He has previously taught at DIT and at Trinity College, Dublin. His other publications include Contract Law Nutshell (Thomson Reuters Round Hall 2006) and the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (Annotated Legislation) (Thomson Reuters Round Hall 2011).

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

This book summarises the essential components of EU law for students and lawyers. It is a user-friendly and concise guide that will be an invaluable study aid or quick reference book.

This text offers:

• The basics of EU law, including an overview of the history and institutions of the EU as well as the doctrines and procedures of EU law;
• A concise, up-to-date guide to EU law – specially tailored for those topics favoured by examiners;
• Thorough guidance on the sources and types of EU law including direct effect, supremacy, preliminary references, judicial review, enforcement of EU law, EU citizenship and the free movement of goods, services, establishment, persons, and capital;
• An explanation of the basic principles, important cases, directives, and regulations;
• Revision of the core taught/examined area in EU Law.

By both introducing and revising the law, this text is specifically tailored to both cover the basics of EU law for examination purposes and simplify this complex subject area for legal practitioners.

The Author:

Matthew Holmes, BCL, LLM, (KCL), AKC, BL (Kings Inns, Middle Temple, Bar of Northern Ireland) is a practising barrister who has taught EU law in UCD and DIT. He is the author of the Round Hall Nutshell on Administrative Law.

Part of the Nutshell series of books which present the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language and are an ideal revision tool and introductory text, Nutshells: Succession Law:

• Provides students with a clear and concise synopsis of the general Succession Law course.
• Includes chapters on all of the main examinable topics, outlining the legislative provisions and case law in each area. It includes coverage of: Wills; Capacity; Legal Rights of Spouses, Civil Partners and Children; Rights on Intestacy; Grants of Probate and Other Grants; and Non-Contentious Litigation.

About the authors

Karl Dowling TEP is a practising Barrister specialising in wills and succession law, probate litigation, trusts, land law and administrative law. He is the co-author of the Irish Probate Practitioners’ Handbook and the Probate Pocketbook. He is also Editor of the Irish Probate Law Journal.

Robert Grimes is a Barrister specialising in the areas of succession law and probate litigation. He is the co-author of the Irish Probate Practitioners’ Handbook and the Probate Pocketbook. He is also Editor of the Irish Probate Law Journal.

This book is a revision tool for students, summarising the essential components of the law of Equity and Trusts. It is a user-friendly, accurate, and concise work that will be an invaluable study aid. It has chapters on all the main examinable topics and an analysis of the important cases in each area.

Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.

The first edition has been redesigned and updated to include a number of significant decisions that have been recently delivered, as well as legislative developments, such as the enactment of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 and the Charities Act 2009.

Author

Miriam Dowling BA (Hons) works for Pearts Solicitors, Dublin.

Nutshells: Irish Legal System addresses the core principles of the Irish Legal System, with a view to assisting students beginning their study of the subject and those revising for exams.

Contents include: Sources of Irish Law, the Common Law and Equity, Divisions of Irish Law, the Judiciary, and other Personnel of the Law, the Courts, the Constitution, Legislation, Precedent, EU Law, International Law, Remedies and Enforcement, and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Round Hall Nutshells is a series of books presenting the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Explains basic principles and highlights key cases and statutes. Designed with the busy student in mind, the Nutshell is perfect for exam preparation, with brief, clear explanations of key exam topics throughout.