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We show
a greater interest
on other
people's money.
Ci ty of Dub l in Ba nk PLC. is a
p u b l i c l imi t ed company, quo t ed
on T h e S t o ck Ex c h a n ge - I r i sh.
It is a b a n k l i censed bv t he
Ce n t r a l Ba nk o f l r e l a nd a nd
d e p o s i t s pl aced wi th u s have
T r u s t ee S t a t u s . We a re also an
App r oved Ba nk by t he
I n c o r p o r a t ed Law Society to
accept c l i en t s' f u n d s on depos i t.
We h a ve long expe r i ence dea l i ng
w i t h So l i c i t ors a nd provide t he
pe r f ect servi ce in t e rms of
a c c e p t i ng depo s i ts on d ema nd
s u p p o r t ed by t he best ma r ket
depo s i t r a t e s.
P h o ne u s now for a quo t e.
CITYof DUBLIN^BANK
2 Lower Merrion Street, Dublin 2. Phone 760141 763225.
• Where the differences show up clearly — that is,
differences in the incentives and disincentives to
litigation — is in the types of cases that are brought
in American courts. There are many kinds of cases
that are brought in America, that are not brought in
this country or in the United Kingdom.
(e) A distinguishing feature of law practice in America
is the importance of Constitutional litigation.
• The United States Constitution, which is a written
document, like the Irish Constitution, contains
guarantees of individual rights. This part of the
Constitution, the so-called Bill of Rights, is really a
prohibition against certain types of government
action. It is a definition of what government
constitutionally is
not
empowered to do.
• Constitutional rights can be enforced in America by
a private action — in which an individual citizen is
the plaintiff — brought against the offending
government instrumentality.
• Not infrequently these cases raise issues of great
public importance. Let me give some examples.
• Until the 1950s, in the Southern states, there were
separate systems of public education for white
children and black children. The constitutionality
of that system of racially separate public schools was
challenged — successfully — by court cases brought
by the parents of black school-children.
• Another example: Electoral districts in America
sometimes have been shaped in such a way as to
dilute unfairly the voting power of a particular
party. Court cases have been brought — success-
fully — by members of a disadvantaged party to
have electoral districts declared unconstitutional.
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