Ronan Keane
Ronan Keane ( born July 20, 1932 in Dublin ) is a former Irish judge and was from 2000 to 2004 Chief Justice ( Chief Justice ) of the Supreme Court
Life
After visiting the Blackrock College in Dublin, he studied contemporary history at UCD in Dublin and acquired there in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Modern History ). He then completed a postgraduate course in Law at King 's Inns and was there as the best student of the final year of a scholarship ( John Brooke Scholarship ). After qualifying as a lawyer in 1954, he took on a far-reaching practice of law and was called to the Inner Bar in 1970, so he was allowed to use the title Senior Counsel.
In July 1979, he was appointed Judge of the High Court, the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Ireland. As such, he led negotiations in 1981, the proceedings on the so-called Stardust Fire, which concerned the deaths of 48 young people in a fire at a nightclub. In addition, he was between 1987 and 1992 also president of the Justice Reform Commission.
He was first appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court and there appointed in 2000 as Chief Justice of Ireland in 1996.
In this role, he led a number of important processes such as TD v. Minister of Education in 2001, in which the Supreme Court ruled that an injunction against the government may be taken only in very exceptional circumstances. In the process of Maguire v. Ardagh, the Supreme Court decided in 2002 that the Parliament ( Oireachtas ) Committee set up is not empowered to investigate the circumstances of an alleged unlawful killing.
Keane was on the other hand is also known for his dissent on policy decisions as in 2001 in the process Sinnott v. Minister of Education, in which he voted against the decision of the Supreme Court, that the right to a free primary education applies only to people under the age of 18. In the process of North Western Health Board v. H. W. and C. W. from 2001, he represented also a minority opinion. In the process, the Supreme Court ruled that the parents of a child should not be forced against their will, a phenylketonuria ( PKU) blood test to allow their child, even if this is in the child's best interests.
In 2004 he was retired and replaced as Chief Justice by John L. Murray. As a former Chief Justice, he is currently a member of the State Council.
Publications
- Law of Local Government in the Republic of Ireland, 1982, ISBN 0,902,027,212th
- Equity and the Laws of Trusts in the Republic of Ireland, 1988, ISBN 0406102708th
- Company Law in the Republic of Ireland, 2007, ISBN 1845922980th