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From Law Library Society to Law Library: the First 180 Years, 1816–1996

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2011

Abstract

This article, by Jennefer Aston, outlines the origins of The Law Library, focusing on its librarians and the services that were provided for members in the first 180 years.

Type
The Irish Legal System, Law Libraries and Legal Information
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2011

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3 1898 ILT&SJ 256.

4 1931 ILT&SJ p202.

5 Appointed Editor in July 1949.

6 Awarded to the person achieving first place in the class.

7 Gaynor, Mary. (2011) The Law Society of Ireland Library – serving the solicitors' profession in challenging times Legal Information Management 11(2).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

8 Many had started in their teens as “book boys” and learnt their trade on the job.

9 Index to Unreported Irish Superior Court Judgments 1966–1975 Aston, Byrne, Kerr and McCutcheon (1990) Index to Irish Superior Court Written Judgments 1976–1982 Aston and Doyle (1984).

10 Index to Irish Superior Court Written Judgments 1983–1989 Aston (1991).