The Struggle for Civil Liberties Political Freedom and the Rule of Law in Britain, 1914-1945

by Ewing, K. D.; Gearty, C. A.

• ISBN13: 9780198762515
• ISBN10: 0198762518
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is an account of the struggle for civil liberties against the State in which groups such as the anti-war protestors, the Irish nationalists, the Communist party, trade unionists, and the unemployed workers' movement found themselves involved in the first half of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	ix
Table of Legislation	xiii
Introduction	1	(35)
The First World War	36	(58)
The Communist Party of Great Britain	94	(61)
The General Strike and its Aftermath	155	(59)
The National Unemployed Workers' Movement	214	(61)
The Rise and Fall of Fascism	275	(56)
Civil Liberties: the Irish Dimension	331	(62)
Conclusion	393	(26)
Appendix	419	(8)
Select Bibliography	427	(10)
Index	437