Mi5, the Cold War, and the Rule of Law

This book is a unique and innovative study of the status, powers, and activities of MI5 during the Cold War. It contends that MI5 was subject neither to effective political nor legal scrutiny, and examines the operations of the Security Service for civil liberties, and the contemporary relevance of Cold War practices.

List of contents

• Preface


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Stewart Report


• 3: Security Service Mandate


• 4: Surveillance Targets


• 5: Surveillance Methods


• 6: Democracy under Surveillance


• 7: Rule of Law under Surveillance


• 8: The Guilty Secret


• 9: Surveillance and Purge


• 10: Vetting and the Secret Blacklist


• 11: Surveillance and the Industrial Purge


• 12: Purging the Trade Unions


• 13: The Ubiquitous Lord Radcliffe


• 14: Lord Denning Takes Over


• 15: Conclusion


• Appendix


• Bibliography

About the author

Keith Ewing is professor of public law at King's College London. He is co-editor of the Oxford Labour Law series and author of numerous books and articles, including Bonfire of the Liberties (OUP 2010) and The Struggle for Civil Liberties (OUP 2001).

Joan Mahoney now teaches at the University of Southampton, having taught for many years in the United States where she was Dean of Wayne State University Law School.

Andrew Moretta is a postgraduate research student at the University of Liverpool. He received his LLM from King's College London in 2012.

Summary

This book is a unique and innovative study of the status, powers, and activities of MI5 during the Cold War. It contends that MI5 was subject neither to effective political nor legal scrutiny, and examines the operations of the Security Service for civil liberties, and the contemporary relevance of Cold War practices.

Additional text

It is a superbly structured work of scholarship which examines a range of topics in depth and rounds off each chapter (and the book itself) with a definitive conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Ewing, Keith (Professor of Public Law Ewing, Ewing Keith, Joan Mahoney, Andrew Moretta
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2020
• EAN: 9780198818625
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881862-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Civil Rights, True Crime / Espionage, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Espionage & secret services, Police & security services, Espionage and secret services, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, The Cold War, Government powers, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Police and security services, Cold wars and proxy conflicts