... the preservation of public order and peace if it does not know in advance why the government has decided that these ordinary courts were not? It would seem that in practice the Irish system gives the power to the government alone to decide whether the existence of the Special Criminal Court is necessary, and it is easy to see the risk ... it added a list of certain laws which extend the competence of the Special Criminal Court. This list is not determined by the nature of the terrorist acts, even though in practice it tries mainly offences that are linked to Irish terrorism (in particul...

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... southern regions. The tensions between the closely residing religious people, erupted in 1690 in the Battle of Boyne, where William of Orange led the Protestants to victory over King James II, bringing much of Ireland into the hands of the non-Catholics. The religious acrimony between the two spiritual divisions has only amounted into greater proportions as time has elapsed. The ... ...

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... was not as zealous in his prosecution of the Catholic Church (Perceval-Maxwell, Outbreak). The infrastructure of the Catholic Church was in fact strengthened in the 1630s through tolerated private practice of Catholic services and the strengthening of a Catholic "Old English," or established English settlers, position in Parliament. In Parliament, the Catholic Old English party joined with the Protestant opposition to ... ...

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