The Police, Public Order, and Civil Liberties: Legacies of the Miners' Strike

ISBN-13: 9781032420097 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 220 str.

Christopher Mason

Opis

Originally published in 1988, this book is a report on policing during the miners' strike of 1984-5. The report describes the policing of the strike in detail from a range of published, unpublished, and eyewitness sources. The strike is set in the context of developments in law and policing before and since.

Spis treści

The authors.  Preface.  Part I: Issues and Background  1. Introduction  2. Civil Liberties: Principles and Issues  3. Background to the Strike: Economic, Political, and Legal Issues  4. Background to the Strike: Police and Policing  Part II: The Miners’ Strike March 1984 – March 1985  Prologue  5. The Progress of the Strike  6. Policing the Strike  7. The Use of the Criminal Process in the Miners’ Strike  Part III: Aftermath of the Strike  8. The Aftermath of the Strike  9. Policing After the Strike  Part IV: Conclusions and Recommendations  10. Conclusions and Recommendations.  Appendices  Appendix 1: Statistics of the Strike.  Appendix 2: Observing the Picket Line: Experiences of Chesterfield NCCL Group.  Appendix 3: Some Major Confrontations: Orgreave and the Return to Work in South Yorkshire.  Appendix 4: Table of Cases.  References and Selected Bibliography.  Index.