Keith Ewing

Bonfire of the Liberties

New Labour, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law

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Produktbeschreibung

This provocative book confronts the erosion of civil liberties under New Labour. It unfolds a compelling narrative of the major battles fought before Parliament and in the courts, and attacks the failure of the political and legal systems to offer protection to those suffering abuses of their civil liberty at the hands of an aggressive Executive.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780199584772
• ISBN-10: 019958477X
• Artikelnr.: 29933831

Autorenporträt

Keith Ewing is Professor of Public Law at King's College London, and is one of the country's leading civil liberties lawyers. He is the author of Freedom under Thatcher: Civil Liberties in Modern Britain (with Conor Gearty) and his other books include The Right to Strike and The Struggle for Civil Liberties (also with Conor Gearty).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Growth of Police Powers
2: Surveillance and the Right to Privacy
3: Freedom of Assembly and the Right of Public Protest
4: Free Speech and the National Security State
5: A Permanent Emergency and the Eclipse of Human Rights
6: From Detention - to Control Orders - to Rendition
7: Conclusion - Political Power not Legal Rights