Sophie Bryant

Liberty, Order, and Law Under Native Irish Rule: A Study in the Book of the Ancient Laws of Ireland Sophie Bryant

Chapters in this volume include: Patrick and the Revision of the Ancient Irish Law; Introduction to the Senchus Mor; Cain Patrick: The Law of Fosterage; Cain Patrick: The Law of Lord and Tenant; Cain Patrick: The Law of Social Connections; Corus Bescna: The Secular Law of Social Obligations; Corus Eaglasta: Patrick's Ecclesiastical Policy; The Organisation of the Kindred in the Geilfine System; Developments Arising out of the Institution of the Composite Family; Rank Duty, and Privilege in Ancient Irish Society; The Law of Torts as Criminal Law; The Law of Torts as Civil Law; Administration of the Law of Torts by Distraint; The Law of Sick Maintenance; Of Taking Lawful Possession of Land; Rights of Women as Owners of Property; On the Incidence of Fines Under the Law of Torts; and The Law as Schoolmaster. Sophie Bryant was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science in England, her subject being mental and moral philosophy. She was one of the first three women to be appointed to a Royal Commission, the Bryce Commission on Secondary Education in 1894-95, and she was one of the first three women to be appointed to the Senate of London University. While on the Senate she advocated setting up a Day Training College for teachers which eventually became the Institute of Education. Later in 1904, when Trinity College Dublin opened its degrees to women, Bryant was one of the first to be awarded an honorary doctorate. She was also instrumental in setting up the Cambridge Training College for Women which eventually became Hughes Hall, the first postgraduate college in Cambridge.