Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Eire) - Supreme Court

Date: 02/08/2012

Subject: The Supreme Court, on the inapplicability of the offence of sodomy to acts committed before its abolition, recalls the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: The Director of Public Prosecutions e Judge Mary Devins

Original language: Irish

Classification: Justice - Art. 49 Principles of legality (nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege; lighter penalty)

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