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In many respects Brehon law was quite progressive. It recognised divorce and equal rights between the genders and also showed concern for the environment. In ...
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Brehon law allows polygyny (albeit while citing the authority of the Old Testament) and divorce, among other actions that canon law expressly forbids.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Brehon Laws
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Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century.
The Ancient Brehon Laws of Ireland
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by MJ Gorman1913Cited by 12 — These rules had no connection with ordinary canon law, but were local regulations between die National Church and its members. In other countries the early ...
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Brehons were part of the system of Early Irish law, which was also simply called "Brehon law". Brehons were judges, close in importance to the chiefs.
Pre-Common Law Ireland and the Brehon Law
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by N Higgins2011Cited by 19 — This paper will describe the roots of the Brehon legal system and its primary actors and will compare it to the common law system. It will analyse its main ...
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The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook: Ginnell, Laurence
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An exploration of the early Irish laws that defined everyday life in Medieval Ireland, as well as analysis of their history, influences, and development.
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The Brehon Laws | Ireland's Folklore and Traditions
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Sep 2, 2018 — The Brehon Laws, or to use their proper name Fénechas, was the native indigenous law system found in early medieval Ireland.
2. Early Medieval Ireland and the Brehon Law
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by T MohrCited by 3 — “It is perfectly clear that as in Roman Law, the right of fishery was publici juris, so in Brehon Law the right of fishery for salmon was vested in the ...
Brehon laws | Ancient Irish Legal System & Customary Law
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Brehon laws, ancient laws of Ireland. The text of these laws, written in the most archaic form of the Gaelic language, dates back to the 7th and 8th centuries.