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    Decriminalisation Revisited: PP v The Judges of Dublin Circuit Court, the DPP, Ireland and the Attorney General [2019] IESC 26


    Ryan, Fergus (2020) Decriminalisation Revisited: PP v The Judges of Dublin Circuit Court, the DPP, Ireland and the Attorney General [2019] IESC 26. Law Journal Library, 2. pp. 155-174.

    Abstract

    The decision in PP v The Judges of Dublin Circuit Court' revisits the fate of s 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, a provision that, before its repeal in 1993, prohibited gross indecency between men. This was the law under which Oscar Wilde was prosecuted, and a measure that profoundly affected the lives of many gay and bisexual men (in both direct and indirect ways) over many decades in both Ireland and the UK. Long reviled by the LGBTQ community, s 11 was repealed in 1993.2
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: LGBTQ community; Decriminalisation;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
    Item ID: 18536
    Depositing User: Fergus Ryan
    Date Deposited: 16 May 2024 14:43
    Journal or Publication Title: Law Journal Library
    Publisher: HEIN online
    Refereed: Yes
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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