This paper analyses police and mass media interrelation in situations of emergency. The research is primarily based upon a close examination of the extensive policy documentation which has emerged since the attacks of September 11, 2001 with special reference to the United Kingdom. Following a...

Since terrorism is now perceived as a primary and pervasive threat to state security, many states have adopted broad legal definitions of ‘terrorism’ and, upon that basis, have enacted correspondingly expansive policing powers and criminal offences. As a dramatic instance of how these...

Article on the most recent developments in European Trade Mark Law for preventing cross-border trade mark grabbing. The article outlines the current state of play in Europe on when right owners are able to invalidate bad faith trade mark applications on the grounds of earlier use. It discusses...

How have UK counter-terrorism laws and policies adapted to the phenomenon of ‘foreign terrorist fighters’? For these purposes, the focus will be upon persons linked to conflict or terrorism in Iraq and Syria associated with the rise and establishment of Islamic State (Daesh). This broad...

The paper considers 'Counterterrorism in the United Kingdom' with reference to events in 2017. While exit from Europe dominated British politics during 2017, the UK’s terrorism landscape grew closer to that of continental Europe because of several mass-casualty terrorist attacks that were very...

The UK policy of “Prevent” aims to stop people becoming involved in, or supporting, terrorism. In common with many CVE policies worldwide, Prevent has remained controversial in its conception, delivery, and impact. A formal review is now underway, so it is opportune to ask, “Whither...

The symbiosis between dream and nightmare now seems to be playing out with regard to the Internet. Some two decades ago, it was possible to dream about the benevolence of the Internet. However, the optimism is now beset by risks, abuses, and scares that have taken the gloss off the promise of...

This introductory chapter to this illuminating book offers a timely assessment of the development and proliferation of precursor crimes of terrorism, exploring the functions and implications of these new expanding offences in different jurisdictions. In response to new forms modes and sources of...

Always-listening devices have sparked new concerns about privacy, but an unexpected solution may have existed for hundreds of years. Public nuisance has been stretched to serve as a basis of liability for some of the most prominent mass tort litigation of our time, such as in suits against...