Irish law and lawyers in modern folk tradition

"This new volume in the Irish Legal History Society series is concerned with what can be learned of popular attitudes to law, lawyers and the legal system in Ireland over the last 250 years or so, from folk, literary and other materials." "Here the many facets of law in rural Ireland are brought to light: law as a game of speculation; as a means of communications; as a weapon to be employed against an enemy; or even as a form of cheap entertainment."--Jacket.