The Judgements of Dein Checht or "Bretha Dein Checht", was
translated by DA Binchy and published in Eriu, Volume 20 (1966): 1-66.
Binchy was a member of the Irish Bar and Senior Professor at the
Dublin
Institute for Advanced Studies.
Eriu was founded in 1904 as the journal of the School of Irish
Learning, Dublin. In 1926 the School was incorporated in the Royal
Irish Academy, which undertook to continue publication of the journal
under the same title and in the same format.
"Back numbers of all parts and volumes of Eriu are normally available;
enquiries should be addressed to the Publications Officer of the
Academy" (payment is by Mastercard or Visa):
Royal Irish Academy
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Alternatively, you might be able to get this issue of the journal on
inter-library loan through your library.
Binchy has also translated some other documents on Celtic law:
D.A. Binchy ed. and trans., Corpus Juris Hibernici. 6 vols. Dublin,
1978.
"", "Bretha Crolige", Eriu 12 (1952): 1-77.
and "Crith Gablach", Dublin, 1941
This last includes an early legal poem available to read at:
http://ua_tuathal.tripod.com/lawintro.htm
(Web site of Brehon Aid, a campaign by The Brehon Law Project, a loose
coalition of individuals and organizations who are interested in the
study of Brehon Law, the indigenous common law of Ireland.)
Sources: http://www.florilegium.org/files/COMMERCE/p-lawyers-msg.text
(A collection of material from mailing lists and newsgroups relating
to the law).
http://www.ria.ie/publications/journals/Eriu/Eriu.html (Eriu home
page)
http://www.ria.ie/academy/contacts.html (Royal Irish Academy contacts
page)
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