Interpreting change through legal culture: the case of the Irish exclusionary rule

Abstract The changes to the Irish exclusionary rule introduced by judgment in People (DPP) v JC mark an important watershed law of evidence and legal culture more generally. case relaxed established Kenny , one strictest common world, creating exception based on ‘inadvertence’. This paper examines decision through lens culture, drawing particular Lawrence Friedman's distinction between ‘internal’ ‘external’ help understand factors contributing decision. argues that concept and, particular, dialectic internal external holds much utility at a micro as well macro level, interrogating cultural logics work judicial decision-making.