Freedom Under Thatcher: Civil Liberties in Modern Britain

by K.D. Ewing, Conor A. Gearty, Keith D. Ewing

This book examines the changes in the laws of civil liberties that have occurred under the Conservative government in Britain, and explores the extent to which legislation on the police, public order, terrorism, official secrecy, telephone tapping, and the security services has fundamentally altered the nature of the relationship between the individual and the State. Ewing and Gearty provide a legal analysis of these various changes and place them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198254148
• ISBN13: 9780198254140
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"