Constitutional Change and Interest Group Politics: Ireland's Children's Rights Amendment
Journal: Trinity's Access to Research Output (TARA) (Trinity College Dublin)
Year: 2017

6 provides an interesting example of these dynamics for three reasons.First, it involves an understudied topic: formal constitutional change as a means to amend intricate, judicially created doctrine rather than to make foundational constitutional decisions.Secondly, it provides a further insight into the dynamics of referendum campaigns, currently a significant concern in constitutional politics.Thirdly, it focuses attention on the role of constitutional lawyers and interest groups as both fram