Book review: 'Law of torts' (third edition) by Bryan Mcmahon and William Binchy (Butterworths, 2000)

AuthorIarflaith O'Neill
PositionJudge of the High Court
Pages169-174
BOOK REVIEW: “LAW OF TORTS” (THIRD
EDITION)
BY BRYAN MCMAHON AND WILLIAM
BINCHY
(BUTTERWORTHS, 2000)
THE HON. MR. JUSTICE IARFLAITH O’NEILL*
The late Mr. Justice Walsh in the foreword to the first
edition of this work published in 1981 remarked:
One is moved to ask why the law of torts one
of the main supports of the Irish Bar should
have remained for so long neglected by
writers.
That sorry state of affairs was brought to an end by
the publication of the first edition of this work in 1981. As
Mr. Justice Walsh put it,
[a] new generation of lawyers has appeared. It
is better educated in the law and in the
philosophy of law than were preceding
generations. The authors of this work are
brilliant examples of the academics who have
emerged from the new generation of lawyers.
Their presentation of the very considerable
body of Irish tort law should give our
practitioners and judges a new stimulus to
explore their own legal heritage. It will
certainly deprive them of any excuse for not
being familiar with it.
2001] Book Review: “Law of Torts” 169
*Judge of the High Court.

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