The Gazette 1988

MAY 1 988

GAZETTE

1(1961) N.Y.S.B.J. 419, 423.] Layfolk and lawyers may overlook the effort and the agony that go into the preparation of a judgment. Judge Irvine R. Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeal put the issue succinctly: "There is an agony, no less severe, because it is intellectual rather than physical, in dealing with problems that have no neat r eso l u t i ons, t h at de fy precision, that mock f i na l i t y ". [(1970) 45 N.Y. U.L. Rev. 716.] It is an agony that the judges cannot pass. Boswell, in the ardour of ambition for literary fame, regretted to Dr. Johnson that an eminent judge had no literary ability and therefore would leave no perpetual monu- ment of himself to posterity. "Alas, Sir" (said Johnson), " wh a t mass of confusion should we have, if every Bishop and every Judge, every lawyer, physician and Divine, were to write books". Professor Casey is too young for your reviewer to suggest that Constitutional Law in Ireland is the author's perpetual monument of himself to posterity. But Professor Casey's book can most usefully be added to the library of any law maker, law declarer, practitioner and law student. Eamonn G. Hall

" K E E P I NG HOU S E " AT B L ACKHA LL PLACE

Residents' Lounge, Blackhall Place.

The Law Society's Headquarters are housed in a building completed in 1783 and built to accommodate the Kings Hospital School. The Society acquired the Premises in 1970 and it has been restored in a manner in keeping w i th its original character. Looking after both the interior of the Premises and the domestic needs of memb e rs of t he profession and the Society's staff is an able team of women who carry out their duties under the s u p e r v i s i on of t he S o c i e t y 's Housekeepe r, Mrs. Dymp na O'Reilly. Overnight facilities for members include six twin-bedded rooms w i th shower, full bar and lounge facilities, members' T.V. and rest room (see photograph), and parking facilities. The bed and breakfast rate is £15.00 per room, and b o o k i n gs can be made by t e l e p h o n i ng B l ackha ll Place Reception on Dublin (01) 710711.

Top Row deft to right): Mrs. Sheila Stone, Mrs. Josie Graham, Mrs. Susan Graham. Bottom Row (left to right): Mrs. May Cooke, Mrs. Annie Purdy and Mrs. Dympna O'Reilly.

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