Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in Irish Free State
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Public Safety Acts and emergency powers in the Irish Free State were a series of extraordinary legal measures that greatly expanded the government's authority to suppress dissent, detain opponents, and restore order in the turbulent aftermath of independence and civil war.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emergency legislation
ⓘ
extraordinary legal measures ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Irish Free State ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
broad definition of public safety offences
ⓘ
expansion of executive power ⓘ suspension of normal civil liberties ⓘ use of special courts ⓘ |
| country | Irish Free State ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
authoritarian tendencies
ⓘ
human rights violations ⓘ weakening of due process ⓘ |
| grantsPowerTo |
National Army of the Irish Free State
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Free State Army
Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ Irish Free State police forces ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Irish Civil War aftermath
ⓘ
post-independence instability in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
curtailment of political opposition
ⓘ
normalisation of emergency rule practices ⓘ strengthening of central government control ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
consolidation of state authority
ⓘ
detention of political opponents ⓘ restoration of public order ⓘ suppression of dissent ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Irish Free State Oireachtas
ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Free State executive authorities
|
| influenced | later Irish emergency powers frameworks ⓘ |
| influencedBy | British emergency legislation tradition ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
censorship of publications
ⓘ
curfews and movement restrictions ⓘ internment without trial ⓘ military tribunals ⓘ proscription of organisations ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire to protect the new state
ⓘ
fear of renewed civil conflict ⓘ |
| partOf | legal history of the Irish Free State ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Irish Civil War
ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
surface form:
Irish revolutionary period
state-building in postcolonial Ireland ⓘ |
| targets |
anti-Treaty IRA
ⓘ
perceived subversive elements ⓘ republican militants ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 1920s
ⓘ
post-1922 independence era ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.