Printed booklet being proceedings from conference held in Belfast and published by the Committee on Administration of Justice (C.A.J.). Includes an introduction on the conference and findings from the conference on Emergency Law provisions in Northern Ireland. Also includes TS letter from Steve McBride of the C.A.J., giving notice of upcoming general meeting of the C.A.J. and discussion items focusing on the Jellicoe Report on the Prevention of Terrorism Act, use of plastic bullets and other issues. It also discusses the attached published booklet and plans for future similar publications.

File of records relating to the conference held at the Kennedy Library, Massachusetts, organised by the Committee for an Irish Forum. Records include TS proceedings from the conference of panel discussion entitled "The Politicians Respond", transcript of discussion between Austin Currie and Robert McCartney and Christopher Patten; a full programme for the conference, Kevin Boyle was a moderator on a panel discussion entitled "Law and Justice in Ireland - North and South" with Richard Ferguson, Q.C. and Senator Mary Robinson; a file of copy press cuttings included in the conference pack for delegates; a draft schedule for the conference with MS annotation, issued to Kevin Boyle.
Also includes:
TS correspondence between Kevin Boyle and others including Catherine [Shannon] discussing their previous meeting in Dublin Re. contact with Irish American Foundation and her upcoming appointment as President of the Eire Society in Boston. (25 Jul 1983)
Letter from Catherine [Shannon], Westfield State College, to Boyle, discussing plans and speakers for the upcoming conference (8 Nov 1983)
TS letter from Shannon to Boyle, being a draft statement on the conference and draft schedule being issued to conference delegates and sent for proofing to Boyle. (11 Jan 1984)
TS copy letter from Boyle to Shannon accepting the invitation to act as moderator at the conference. (24 Jan 1984)
TS letter from Ruth-Ann Harris, Director, Irish Studies Program, Northwestern University, thanking Boyle for his contribution at the conference in Boston and hoping Boyle can become scholar-in-residence "in our law school." (12 Apr 1984)
TS letter of reply from Boyle to Harris, stating his interest in such an academic residency role and also stating his hope for the continuation of the conference. (15 May 1984)

TS paper delivered by Kevin Boyle and Tom Hadden at the Washington Conference, entitled "Northern Ireland: Suggestions on Security" and based on the original paper "How to Read the New Ireland Forum: An Addendum on Security, summarised in 'Fortnight' magazine, issue 209, Nov 1984.

Printed booklet being notes of the conference and texts of papers by speakers at the conference entitled "An Anglo-Irish Encounter: Conference on the Role of the Churches in British-Irish Relationships." Included is a list of all participants at the conference, including Kevin Boyle.

Files relating to the Ditchley Foundation Conference on Northern Ireland. File includes TS outline programme and draft agenda on the conference detailing topics for discussion; TS suggested composition of discussion groups. Kevin Boyle is listed as rapporteur for group A - "Security Situation in Northern Ireland." Senator Mary Robinson was a member of this group; notes for the group Chairman and Rapporteurs on group discussions and reports; the Report of Group B of the conference, on 'The Political Situation in Northern Ireland'; a copy of 'The Listener' magazine, with note it is from the Ditchley Foundation Library.
Correspondence includes:
Copy of TS letter from Boyle to Eamonn O'Toole, Dept. of Foreign Affairs, enclosing an article on plurality of judges in Diplock courts (10 Mar 1986)
TS copy letter from Boyle to Heather Weeks, Deputy Director, Ditchley Foundation, congratulating all organisers on the conference (10 Mar 1986)
Copy of TS letter signed by Tom King, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to Tom Hadden, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast, offering comment on Hadden's paper, read at the Ditchley Conference (21 Mar 1986)
TS letter signed by Heather Weeks to Prof. Kevin Boyle, thanking Boyle for agreeing to be a rapporteur at the conference. (12 Feb 1986)
Manuscript notes taken by Boyle at the conference.

TS document being a report by [Kevin Boyle] from the conference held at Corrymeela Centre, Ballycastle.

TS copy document being a paper entitled "The Recognition and Accommodation of Majority and Minority Communities: A Response to Professor [Tom] Hadden's paper" by Benedict Kingsbury, Exeter College, Oxford.

Printed notice for conference "Law and Politics" - An International Lawlink Conference held at Queen's University, Belfast. Kevin Boyle was a speaker at this conference on the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

Records of the conference entitled "Ending Apartheid and reaching a settlement in South Africa, taking in also the conflicts in Israel, Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka and the attempts to reach settlements in these conflict situations" held in Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany and organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. File includes TS copies of paper delivered by Kevin Boyle, entitled "Second Best Solutions and Inter-Communal Accommodation in Northern Ireland"; draft notes and research taken at the conference by Boyle; Conference programme detailing names of speakers and topics of papers; TS letter of invitation to participate in the conference to Kevin Boyle from Gottfried Wust, Executive Vice-Chairman; Information booklet on the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, maps of Bonn, and copies of papers and research articles related to and from the conference.

Records of conference held at the Corrymeela Centre, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. Kevin Boyle was a speaker with a paper entitled "Human Rights in the Northern Ireland Context, an Overview." File includes conference programme with details of speakers and topics, a TS letter of notice about the conference from its organisers, John Morrow and Louis Boyle; text of paper "Learning Together in Northern Ireland - the Seed Groups of the Corrymeela Community" by Douglas Baker.