A Sense of Place: Studies in Irish and British Legal History in Memory of W.N. Osborough - Hardcover

by Sparky Booker (Editor), Kevin Costello (Editor)

W.N. Osborough was described by the Irish Times on his death in 2020 as Ireland's ' greatest legal historian' . He wrote prolifically on Irish legal history and culture for over fifty years, re-established legal history as an undergraduate option in university law degrees and was the moving force behind the establishment of the Irish Legal History Society in 1988. Throughout this volume the authors uncover new insights into the evolution and practice of law in Britain and Ireland and honour Nial's impressively wide-ranging interests, which spanned traditional periodizations and geographical divides.

Author Biography

Sparky Booker is a historian of law, culture and society in late medieval Ireland. She is an assistant professor in history at the School of History and Geography at DCU. Kevin Costello is an assistant professor at UCD. His principal research interests lie in the fields of Legal History and Administrative Law.