File of documents regarding a visit by Boyle to Japan 4 - 14 Mar 1993. Documents include a full detailed itinerary of Boyle's trip, including fax correspondence confirming details (Mar 1993); TS resume of paper by Kevin Boyle for meeting at Tohoku University, to Professor Yositada Kondo, Miyagi University of Education, entitled "The Question of Religion or Belief and the Protection of Minorities" (9 Mar 1993); Resume of talk by Kevin Boyle at Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, entitled "The Role of a University Human Rights Centre" (Mar 1993); Press cutting from Japan Times, with headline "Human Rights Centre Planned" at Osaka. (20 Feb 1993); copy of background document from Asia-Pacific Human Rights NGO conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, 25-28 Mar 1993); First page, typed with MS annotation by Boyle of paper drafted by Boyle and entitled "The Question of Religion or Belief and the Protection of Minorities" (Mar 1993); fax correspondence between Boyle and Irish embassy regarding travel arrangements; Letter from Bryan S. Turner, Faculty of Sociology, Flinders University, South Australia, regarding work issues and connections with Essex University (27 Oct 1992), various correspondence regarding travel and other issues and some manuscript notes by Boyle ahead of the trip.

File relating to visit made by Kevin Boyle to Japan in Apr 2001. Documents include TS text of talk, with manuscript annotation, delivered by Kevin Boyle at "APHRC Talk", Osaka, Japan and entitled "Universal Justice for Crimes Against Humanity" (Apr 2001); TS text of talk, with manuscript annotation by Kevin Boyle and entitled "The Bankovic Case", noted as being un-revised and not for circulation. A talk delivered by Boyle to Essex University Graduate Human Rights Students".; itineraries of Kevin Boyle's and Joan Boyle's visit to Japan, including Kevin's speaking and meeting engagements; Schedule of conference on Freedom of Information and civil society in Asia (Tokyo, Japan, 13-14 Apr 2001); Letter from Kevin Boyle to Yumi Morita, Public Information and International Division, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Tokyo, asking if it is possible for Boyle to visit and meet with officials in the Japanese Bar (2 Mar 2001); Fax letters from Morita to Boyle making arrangements for visit and meetings with Boyle (7-16 Mar 2001); Email correspondence and press news of related human rights events in Indonesia and elsewhere, between Kevin Boyle and Eugenio J G de Aragao (28 Mar 2001); Business cards of people Boyle met while working in Japan.

File of documents regarding the 1987 Patrick MacGill Summer School at Glenties, Co. Donegal, at which Kevin Boyle presented a paper on "Fifty Years of the Irish Constitution - Anything to Celebrate?" File also includes programme from the summer school, p

File of research documents on juries in Ireland. Includes pages of manuscript research notes, not written by Kevin Boyle but in someone else's hand, press cuttings from Irish newspapers and other printed research documents such as from academic books and journals.

File relating to study of Irish constitutional law, including a reprint from 'Studies' journal, "The Development of Supreme Judicature in Ireland' (1912); manuscript research notes written by Kevin Boyle on comparative Constitutional Law and copy of the report of the Committee on the Constitution, December 1967. Includes copy of "Government of Ireland Act, 1920". Also includes offprint of article by Kevin Boyle entitled "The Irish Constitution and the Rights of the Individual", published in Études Irlandaises, Dec 1988.

File of documents including a paper "Extradition and Terrorism - the Irish Position, written by Kevin Boyle, noted as being a Chatham House Paper, June 1979; Also includes letters between Kevin Boyle and others such as Chief Justice Thomas F. O'Higgins and Prof. Andreas Lowenfeld, New York University School of Law, NY, and discussing how the paper and research by Lowenfeld was of much interest to Justice O'Higgins who was engaged in a 'crucial case' on extradition in Ireland and mention is made to the 'McGlinchey case, (Mar - Apr 1984) Includes press cutting on coverage of Des O'Malley, Leader of the Progressive Democrats, who cites Kevin Boyle in commenting on extradition matters in Ireland. (13 May 1990) Attached is text of speech delivered by O'Malley as presidential address and as Minister for Industry and Commerce to the Progressive Democrats fifth annual conference held at Leisureland, Salthill, Galway. (12 May 1990)

Typescript Constitution of the Irish Society of Criminology and a further document being "Towards a Policy on Criminological Research". Also a letter to Boyle from the Society updating Boyle that the Constitution was adopted. (No date)

File relating to the Advocates Society Spring Conference in Ireland, of which Kevin Boyle was an invited participant. Includes programmes and details of the conference and the society as well as letters between Boyle and the conference organisers on what is required of Boyle.

File of documents relating to the Establishment of a Human Rights Commission for Ireland, with a document plan with detailed annotation by Boyle, a copy of submission on the Commission from Pavee Point group, press cuttings of coverage and a brochure entitled "Northern Ireland Peace Process - The Making of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998".

Copy of research paper, "Law in Public Policy" by Prof. Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, and a copy of booklet "The Role of Laws in Comparative Perspective" by Prof. Rose and published by the Centre for Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde.