Influences on the role of law for railways in Ireland
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Catherine Crean, 'Influences on the role of law for railways in Ireland', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2006, pp 444Download Item:
Abstract:
The thesis traces influences on the development of the role of law for railways in
Ireland. A focus on their place in the milieu of infrastructure, technology, enterprise and
administration was used as a framework. The wider boundaries show practices of road
and coach travel and earlier law as primary influences on the early development of
railways. The use of the corporate structure for organisation resembled that of canals and
earlier specialised roads of the pre-modem railways serving industry. It marked a break
with legal tradition of the public domain towards private profit. The trust form first
applied by Parliament to infrastructure in turnpike trusts for trunk or main roads had
serious drawbacks in linking maintenance to tolls.
Author: Crean, Catherine
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Binchy, WilliamQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of LawNote:
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