National security and the D-Notice system / Pauline Sadler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadler, Pauline, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government and the press--Great Britain.

Government and the press.

Great Britain.

Freedom of information--Great Britain.

Freedom of information.

National security--Great Britain.

National security.

National security--Australia.

Australia.

Government and the press--Australia.

Freedom of information--Australia.

Physical Description:

xii, 294 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2001.

Contents:

2. The Right to Freedom of Speech 5

3. History of the D-Notice System in the U.K. to 1945 14

4. History Post 1945 and Current Operation of the D-Notice System in the U.K. 37

5. History and Operation of the D-Notice System in Australia 67

6. The Use of the Criminal Law in Relation to the Disclosure of Sensitive Information 89

7. Injunctions to Restrain a Breach of the Criminal Law - U.K. and Australia 126

8. The Use of the Civil Actions of Breach of Confidence and Copyright 150

9. 'National Security' and 'The State' 182

10. Free Speech and National Security 215

11. The Government, Media and Judiciary 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0754621707

OCLC:

46909823