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Fenian Problem
Dramatic and tragic rescues of arrested Fenian leaders, the formation of a Fenian squad to engage in assassinations of suspected informers and policemen, the bombing of a London prison that brought death and destruction to a neighbouring street, public executions of several Fenians, the quality of British justice, and the struggle to develop counter-terrorism policies and an effective system of intelligence form the core of The Fenian Problem. Brian Jenkins adds new information to the established narrative of the movement, arguing that it resorted to terrorism in its pursuit of Irish independence.
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The National Council for Civil Liberties and the policing of interwar politics
Issues around the policing of public order and political expression are as topical today as in the past, and are likely to remain so in the future.Janet Clark explores the origins of the National Council for Civil Liberties (the precursor to Liberty) that emerged in 1934 in protest at the policing of political extremes. The book deals with police attempts to discredit the NCCL and the use of intelligence to perpetuate a view of the organisation as a front for the Communist Party. It also examines the state and police responses to this organised criticism of police powers.This book is essential.
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Delegating rights protection : the rise of bills of rights in the Westminster world
'Delegating Rights Protection' provides a socially and political grounded analysis of the deliberate political genesis of bills of rights in advanced democratic settings. The book particularly concentrates on exploring bill of rights outcomes in four Westminster democracies: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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The judiciary, civil liberties and human rights
Considers the constitutional position of the judiciary and its role in shaping the individual's relations with the state. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the history of civil liberties and human rights in the UK, and the judiciary's role in upholding them, and an appreciation of the importance of political accountability.
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Civil liberties and human rights in twentieth-century Britain
\"The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) was formed in the 1930s against a backdrop of fascism and \"popular front\" movements. In this volatile political atmosphere, the aim of the NCCL was to ensure that civil liberties were a central component of political discourse. Chris Moores's new study shows how the NCCL - now Liberty - had to balance the interests of extremist allies with the desire to become a respectable force campaigning for human rights and civil liberties. From new social movements of the 1960s and 70s to the formation of the Human Rights Act in 1998, this study traces the NCCL's development over the last eighty years. It enables us to observe shifts and continuities in forms of political mobilization throughout the twentieth century, changes in discourse about extensions and retreats of freedoms as well as the theoretical conceptualization and practical protection of rights and liberties\"-- Provided by publisher.
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John Wilkes
One of the most colorful figures in English political history, John Wilkes (1726-97) is remembered as the father of the British free press, defender of civil and political liberties, and hero to American colonists, who attended closely to his outspoken endorsements of liberty. Wilkes's political career was rancorous, involving duels, imprisonments in the Tower of London, and the Massacre of St. George's Fields in which seven of his supporters were shot to death by government troops. He was equally famous for his \"private\" life-a confessed libertine, a member of the notorious Hellfire Club, and the author of what has been called the dirtiest poem in the English language.
This lively biography draws a full portrait of John Wilkes from his childhood days through his heyday as a journalist and agitator, his defiance of government prosecutions for libel and obscenity, his fight against exclusion from Parliament, and his service as lord mayor of London on the eve of the American Revolution. Told here with the force and immediacy of a firsthand newspaper account, Wilkes's own remarkable story is inseparable from the larger story of modern civil liberties and how they came to fruition.
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The other special relationship : race, rights, and riots in Britain and the United States
The diplomatic \"special relationship\" between the US and UK has received much attention from historians, while their shared history of racial inequality and civil rights struggles have been relatively understudied. This collection explores this other \"special relationship,\" expanding our historical understanding of the global civil rights movement.
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