Foreword

• Author: Mrs. Justice Susan Denham
• Position: Judge of the Irish High Court, 1991-1992
• Pages: 1-2

FoREwoRD

MRS.

JUSTICE

SUSAN

DENHAM*

Spring

2000

is

a

time

of

promise, heralding

a

new

century

and

a

new

millennium.

In

this

Law

Review,

students

illustrate

by

their

articles

our

well

grounded

aspirations

for

the

future.

The

authors

of

the

Trinity

College

Law Review have

given

us

food for

thought

in

Volume

3,

2000.

In

a

series

of

articles, they

have

addressed issues

of

importance

both

at

home

and

abroad.

In

a

learned article,

Rachel

Casey

considers

the

effect

of

the

composition

of juries

on

verdict. Stephen Ranalow

has

written

a

thoughtful

analysis

of

the

crime

of

blasphemy

and

the

judicial

role

in

Corway

v.

Independent

Newspapers.

Erik

Gannon

courageously

tackles

the

difficult topic of

recovery

of

money paid

under

a

mistake

of

law

and

brings

us

through

the

relevant

law

of

the

past

two

centuries.

In

a

forward-looking

article,

Simon

Hannigan

examines

the

social

and

affordable

housing provisions

of

the

Planning

and

Development Bill,

1999,

while

Ailbhe

O'Neill

cogently

argues

in

favour

of

a

global approach

to

the

free

movement

of

persons.

The authors

continue

the

long-standing

interest

of

Irish

students

in

human rights

throughout

the

world. Thus,

Trevor

Redmond

considers

differing

approaches

to

the

search for

justice

in

Rwanda.

He

gives

us

a

critical

analysis

of

the

national

trials

in

Rwanda

and

an

assessment

of

the

performance

to

date

of

the

International

Criminal

Tribunal

for

Rwanda.

Sara Siebert

brings

us

on

a

journey

to

South

Africa.

She tells

us

of

the

formal

constitutional

democracy

which

is

taking

root

and

discusses

the

process

of

building

a

human

rights

culture.

Diarmuid

Sheridan

has

grasped

the

case

of

Augusto

Pincochet.

He

analyses

the

decisions

of

the

House

of

Lords

and

interprets

the

significance

of

the

pronouncements,

concluding

that

the

case

marks

a

milestone

in

the

development

of

international

law.

.Judge

of

the

Irish

High

Court,

1991

-

1992;

Judge

of

the

Irish

Supreme

Court,

1992

-

present;

Pro Chancellor, Dublin University,

1996

-

present;

President,

Dublin

University

Law

Society,

1998

-

present.