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CIVIL LIBERTIES

 
As our civil liberties come under increasing attack we aim to provide books analysing the latest developments and relating
 them to the lessons of the past. We also keep books with practical information on the law, policing and what you can do 
to challenge the State's attack on our freedom. 

Man arrested in Parliament Square under Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. He was kept on police bail for 3 months but 
never charged with any offence.
 
PACE: codes of practice,£13.50 These codes govern police powers of code a) Stop 
and Search code b) Searches of Premises and Seizure of Property code c) Treatment 
in police custody code d) IIdentification of Persons code e) Audio recording of 
Interviews code f) Visual Recording of Interviews code g) Statutory Power of Arrest 
The codes should be available for inspection by anyone held in a police station 
but if you want to know your rights before you are arrested you should invest 
in this book. It comes with a CD containing the whole text. 

 
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984: Mainwork and Supplement, £97.50 
Or for the more experienced Activist there is this complete guide to the Act by 
Professor Michael Zander. It includes the act, codes of practice, case law and 
extensive commentry drawing on the Royal Commision report that led to the act 
and the Home Office Consultation document that has led to extensive and controversial 
revisions. Despite only being published in 2005 the tide of repressive legislation 
is such that there has already had to be a supplement.
 
Textbook 
on Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Stone
Blackstone's 
Police Manuals, £48.00 A set of four books covering the syllabus for the 
police sergaent and inspector examininations. The books cover 1. Crime 2. Road 
Policing 3. Evidence and Proceedure 4. General Police Duties Designed to explain 
the Law in a clear and straightforward a way as possible they provide activists 
with a useful ready guide to the laws used against us from the police point of 
view. Police Q&A, £48.00 Sample questions from the exams. All questions are 
4 option multiple choise and the exams comprise 150 questions in 3 hours. Are 
you as smart as the Cops? 

 
Civil Liberties (Lecture Notes), Helen Fenwick 
"The book is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate law students taking civil liberties courses, 
and also for students of other disciplines, such as politics and philosophy, who 
are studying civil liberties. The author provides an up-to-date analysis of the 
key issues, focusing on civil liberties and human rights that are directly affected 
by the powers of state agents, mainly the police and the security and intelligence 
services. In particular the focus is on recent and contemporary developments under 
the new Labour government, which amount to the most comprehensive state surveillance 
provisions ever introduced by a UK government".