In this episode Holly and Alannah discuss the importance of the law, namely as a social tool. Holly’s discussion of her chosen case (State (Burke) v. Lennon [1940] IR 136) brought up unconstitutional imprisonment and prominent 20th century Irish political figures, with a slightly nihilistic conclusion. 

Alannah’s discussion of McGee v. The Attorney General [1973] IR 284 dealt with legalising contraception and the separation of church and state, with a decided emphasis on standing up for individual rights . 

As well as examining these cases to the best of their abilities, there was tangential conversation about dragging bodies into a court of law, the difficulty in creating new rights, and reducing women to marionette puppets.

You can find our sources and more for this episode here: https://www.legallyblandpodcast.com/2020/02/episode-1-why-law-matters.html

Season 1 Episode 1 of our Irish law student podcast!