Greer and Dawson (both teach law at the Queen's U. of Belfast) have edited nine papers on diverse aspects of legal history in Ireland written by historians, lawyers, a specialist in Irish, and a graduate student in 19th-century history. The political history of Ireland is continually evident in its legal history, as we read of Ireland's earliest legal tradition, the 13th-century Brehon law; the research potential of Irish chancery records; an account of impeachment in 1641; an analysis of the constitutional relationship between Ireland and England in a 17th-century court case; the biographies of three prominent Irish lawyers; and a portrayal of manor courts before the Famine.