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Mon 11 Nov 2009Constitution 'must be judges' anchor'
A JUDGE must ground his rulings on his own national constitution, according to Chief Justice John Murray. However, a judge can be illuminated or inspired by the work of other constitutional courts, he said.
Mr Justice Murray was speaking at a conference on Protecting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Ireland, jointly organised by the Law Society and the Irish Human Rights Commission. It was also addressed by Navanethem Pillay, UN high commissioner for human rights, and Prof William Binchy of Trinity College Dublin and the IHRC.
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