Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Συγκριτικές Νομικές ΣπουδέςLibrary of the School of Law
Author:
Vaklaidi Konstantina
Supervisors info:
Ελίνα Ν. Μουσταΐρα, Καθηγήτρια, Νομική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Φίλιππος Βασιλόγιαννης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Νομική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Ανδρέας Χέλμης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Νομική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Ζητήματα δικαιοσύνης στην Ιρλανδική λογοτεχνία
Translated title:
Questions of justice in Irish literature
Summary:
This thesis is concerned with the birth of the modern Irish identity, approaching the subject from a literary, historical and legal perspective. The Irish identity was constructed through a series of conflicts; their focal point can be found in jurisprudence and legislation. Literature, and more specifically the most important works of the great Irish writers William Butler Yeats, James Joyce and Colm Toibin, are used as a starting point to present the way Ireland’s political, literary and legal discourse cultivated the vision of national independence. This vision is also associated with an ethnocentric-idealistic conception of justice that is inextricably connected with Ireland’s quest for self-determination throughout the 20th century. This perception of justice is expressed through conflicting and heterogeneous narratives that often clash with each other. Το this day, in the aftermath of these conflicts, the challenge can still be found in the pursuit of common ground in the discourse for the present and future of Ireland.
Main subject category:
Law and Legislation
Other subject categories:
Private international law
Keywords:
Ireland, Irish identity, law, justice, literature, law and literature, Yeats, Joyce, Toibin, Gaelic Revival, language, nation, nation-state, nationalism, Irish legal system, Constitution of Ireland, Natural law, Walsh, Legal positivism, abortions, divorce, otherness, comparative law