Counter-Terrorist Law and Emergency Powers in the United Kingdom, 1922-2000.
Author: DONOHUE, Laura K.
Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2001. xxvi, 422 pages. Hardback.
This book fills a significant gap in 20th Century Irish and British legal and political history. It examines in detail the introduction and development of the 1922-43 Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Acts, the use of which contributed to the fall of the Northern Ireland parliament and the assumption of direct rule by Westminster The author systemically charts, for the first time, all the emergency legislation applied to Northern Ireland since 1922, and identifies the influence of 1922-43 acts on more recent legislation. It also explores the differing and changing rationale behind the legislation, both within Northern Ireland and also throughout the United Kingdom. It is a valuable investigation of the paradox of ‘temporary permanence’, that has afflicted the legislation, most notably in the case of the 1974 Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act.
PROFESSOR KEITH JEFFERY University of Ulster
Covering the Special Powers Acts, curfew, internment, censorship, proscription, the Diplock Commission, the H-Block campaign, the supergrass system, etc, etc.
ISBN: 0716526875
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