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Irish passage on the aigne
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Short Irish passage on the advocate (aigne) and the ‘five paths of judgment’ in early Irish law.
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[dipl. ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 2, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.
comments: numbered pp. 339–744; diplomatic edition of legal material from: London, British Library, MS Harley 432; Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1316; Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337.
589.33–590.9
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Allerlei Rechtssprüche”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 361–365.
Internet Archive: <link>
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Secondary sources (select)
Stacey, Robin Chapman, The road to judgment: from custom to court in medieval Ireland and Wales, The Middle Ages Series, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
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Breatnach, Liam, A companion to the Corpus iuris Hibernici, Early Irish Law Series, 5, Dublin: DIAS, 2005.
A companion to D. A. Binchy, CIH (1978). Review article: Neil McLeod, ‘Review,A true companion to the Corpus iuris Hibernici’, Peritia 19 (2005).
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Thurneysen, Rudolf, Coic conara fugill: Die fünf Wege zum Urteil, Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 1925.7, Berlin, 1926.
Internet Archive – Poor scans: <link>
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