David Thomas, David Carlton, and Anne Etienne
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199260287
- eISBN:
- 9780191717390
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199260287.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama
Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, this book offers a new perspective on British cultural history. Statutory theatre censorship was first introduced in Britain by Sir ...
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Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, this book offers a new perspective on British cultural history. Statutory theatre censorship was first introduced in Britain by Sir Robert Walpole with his Licensing Act of 1737. Previously, theatre censorship was exercised under the Royal Prerogative. Walpole's action in giving the Lord Chamberlain statutory powers of theatre censorship had the unforeseen consequence that confusion over the relationship between the Royal Prerogative and statute law would prevent any serious challenge to theatre censorship in Parliament until the 20th century. Sections outlining the political history of key periods explain why theatre censorship legislation was introduced in 1737; why attempts to reform the legislation failed in 1832, 1909, and 1949; and finally succeeded in 1968. In 1909, despite a vigorous campaign by playwrights and politicians, opposition from Edward VII helped to prevent the abolition of theatre censorship. Thereafter, resistance to change and obfuscation on the part of Home Office officials undermined attempts to abolish theatre censorship legislation until 1968. There was also strong support for theatre censorship on the part of commercial theatre managers who saw censorship as offering protection from vexatious prosecution. In 1968, although there was opposition from Elizabeth II, Lord Cobbold (her Lord Chamberlain) and Harold Wilson (her Prime Minister), the combined pressure of playwrights, directors, critics, audiences, and politicians (notably Roy Jenkins) ensured that theatre censorship was finally abolished. The book concludes by exploring whether new forms of covert censorship have replaced the statutory theatre censorship abolished with the 1968 Theatres Act.Less
Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, this book offers a new perspective on British cultural history. Statutory theatre censorship was first introduced in Britain by Sir Robert Walpole with his Licensing Act of 1737. Previously, theatre censorship was exercised under the Royal Prerogative. Walpole's action in giving the Lord Chamberlain statutory powers of theatre censorship had the unforeseen consequence that confusion over the relationship between the Royal Prerogative and statute law would prevent any serious challenge to theatre censorship in Parliament until the 20th century. Sections outlining the political history of key periods explain why theatre censorship legislation was introduced in 1737; why attempts to reform the legislation failed in 1832, 1909, and 1949; and finally succeeded in 1968. In 1909, despite a vigorous campaign by playwrights and politicians, opposition from Edward VII helped to prevent the abolition of theatre censorship. Thereafter, resistance to change and obfuscation on the part of Home Office officials undermined attempts to abolish theatre censorship legislation until 1968. There was also strong support for theatre censorship on the part of commercial theatre managers who saw censorship as offering protection from vexatious prosecution. In 1968, although there was opposition from Elizabeth II, Lord Cobbold (her Lord Chamberlain) and Harold Wilson (her Prime Minister), the combined pressure of playwrights, directors, critics, audiences, and politicians (notably Roy Jenkins) ensured that theatre censorship was finally abolished. The book concludes by exploring whether new forms of covert censorship have replaced the statutory theatre censorship abolished with the 1968 Theatres Act.
David Thomas, David Carlton, and Anne Etienne
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199260287
- eISBN:
- 9780191717390
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199260287.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama
This chapter gives a detailed overview of the political context for the 1949 bid to end statutory theatre censorship. It shows how this attempt to introduce reform coincided with a period of ...
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This chapter gives a detailed overview of the political context for the 1949 bid to end statutory theatre censorship. It shows how this attempt to introduce reform coincided with a period of unprecedented legislative activity by the post-war Labour government. It highlights the central role played by two MPs, Benn Levy, and E. P. Smith, who prepared for reform of theatre censorship by organizing the first British Theatre Conference in 1948 and then attempted to initiate reform in Parliament with a Private Member's Bill. The factors that led to the Bill's failure are analysed, including opposition from Home Office officials, the ambiguous response of the Home Secretary, James Chuter Ede, Clement Attlee's failure to disseminate clear legal advice on the relationship between the Royal Prerogative and statute law, opposition on the part of theatre managers, and finally a poorly drafted Bill which sought to repeal only parts of the 1843 Theatres Act.Less
This chapter gives a detailed overview of the political context for the 1949 bid to end statutory theatre censorship. It shows how this attempt to introduce reform coincided with a period of unprecedented legislative activity by the post-war Labour government. It highlights the central role played by two MPs, Benn Levy, and E. P. Smith, who prepared for reform of theatre censorship by organizing the first British Theatre Conference in 1948 and then attempted to initiate reform in Parliament with a Private Member's Bill. The factors that led to the Bill's failure are analysed, including opposition from Home Office officials, the ambiguous response of the Home Secretary, James Chuter Ede, Clement Attlee's failure to disseminate clear legal advice on the relationship between the Royal Prerogative and statute law, opposition on the part of theatre managers, and finally a poorly drafted Bill which sought to repeal only parts of the 1843 Theatres Act.
Stefan Petrow
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201656
- eISBN:
- 9780191674976
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201656.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This book studies the Metropolitan Police in the period 1870–1914, the time when it was transformed into a recognizable modern professional police force. The book examines how the Metropolitan ...
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This book studies the Metropolitan Police in the period 1870–1914, the time when it was transformed into a recognizable modern professional police force. The book examines how the Metropolitan Police, under the direction of the Home Office, grew and changed over these years. It explores the ways in which policing methods developed, traces the growth of the police bureaucracy, and assesses the role played by public attitudes, relations with courts, police corruption, and the resistance of those policed. The book then focuses on what moral reformers in organized pressure groups claimed were serious threats to social order in late Victorian and Edwardian London — habitual criminality, prostitution, drunkenness, and betting — and examines the Metropolitan force's policing of these areas.Less
This book studies the Metropolitan Police in the period 1870–1914, the time when it was transformed into a recognizable modern professional police force. The book examines how the Metropolitan Police, under the direction of the Home Office, grew and changed over these years. It explores the ways in which policing methods developed, traces the growth of the police bureaucracy, and assesses the role played by public attitudes, relations with courts, police corruption, and the resistance of those policed. The book then focuses on what moral reformers in organized pressure groups claimed were serious threats to social order in late Victorian and Edwardian London — habitual criminality, prostitution, drunkenness, and betting — and examines the Metropolitan force's policing of these areas.
Stefan Petrow
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201656
- eISBN:
- 9780191674976
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201656.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
For Victorians, morality was significant as it was deemed as a necessary part of life in order to hold and keep social stability. Morality in the 19th century was also seen as a protector of family ...
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For Victorians, morality was significant as it was deemed as a necessary part of life in order to hold and keep social stability. Morality in the 19th century was also seen as a protector of family institutions, properties, and social values such as honesty, decency, self-discipline, respect, and diligence. This book examines the role of the Metropolitan Police in enforcing morality through set laws in late-Victorian and Edwardian London. In this book much focus is directed to the legislation of laws that tended to curb habitual criminality, prostitution, drunkenness, and betting. The book also looks into the efforts exerted by moralists to increase the policing powers of the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office bureaucracy; the capacity of the Metropolitan to curb, enforce, and resist these powers based on practical and moral considerations; how policing methods were altered to accumulate more power; and how successful the implementation of these policing morals turned out to be.Less
For Victorians, morality was significant as it was deemed as a necessary part of life in order to hold and keep social stability. Morality in the 19th century was also seen as a protector of family institutions, properties, and social values such as honesty, decency, self-discipline, respect, and diligence. This book examines the role of the Metropolitan Police in enforcing morality through set laws in late-Victorian and Edwardian London. In this book much focus is directed to the legislation of laws that tended to curb habitual criminality, prostitution, drunkenness, and betting. The book also looks into the efforts exerted by moralists to increase the policing powers of the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office bureaucracy; the capacity of the Metropolitan to curb, enforce, and resist these powers based on practical and moral considerations; how policing methods were altered to accumulate more power; and how successful the implementation of these policing morals turned out to be.
Bryn Caless
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781447300168
- eISBN:
- 9781447305507
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300168.003.0005
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
The history of recent policing — certainly in the last ten years — has been dominated by the increased intervention in the actions and direction of chief officers by politicians; pre-eminently the ...
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The history of recent policing — certainly in the last ten years — has been dominated by the increased intervention in the actions and direction of chief officers by politicians; pre-eminently the Home Secretary, but also by the inspection of police-performance regimes by HMIC and the often controversial proposals made by HMI Inspectors. This chapter considers the views of chief officers on their relationships with both the HO and with HMIC (the latter has a role in both the appointment and career management of chief officers). How uneasy many chief officers are about political interference with traditional police autonomy is a pertinent factor in this debate.Less
The history of recent policing — certainly in the last ten years — has been dominated by the increased intervention in the actions and direction of chief officers by politicians; pre-eminently the Home Secretary, but also by the inspection of police-performance regimes by HMIC and the often controversial proposals made by HMI Inspectors. This chapter considers the views of chief officers on their relationships with both the HO and with HMIC (the latter has a role in both the appointment and career management of chief officers). How uneasy many chief officers are about political interference with traditional police autonomy is a pertinent factor in this debate.
Asa Briggs
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780192129567
- eISBN:
- 9780191670022
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192129567.003.0018
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Cultural History
This chapter discusses the expansion of the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) European service into a world service in 1942. During this time the BBC had to deal with so many difficult wartime ...
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This chapter discusses the expansion of the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) European service into a world service in 1942. During this time the BBC had to deal with so many difficult wartime problems, both of intelligence and of propaganda, that its staff became too busy even to attend discussion on the international uses of radio. It explains that the British Home Office was also relying on BBC to coordinate monitoring of war-related developments around the world.Less
This chapter discusses the expansion of the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) European service into a world service in 1942. During this time the BBC had to deal with so many difficult wartime problems, both of intelligence and of propaganda, that its staff became too busy even to attend discussion on the international uses of radio. It explains that the British Home Office was also relying on BBC to coordinate monitoring of war-related developments around the world.
MARK CURTHOYS
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199268894
- eISBN:
- 9780191708466
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199268894.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
When an outrage widely attributed to trade unionists coincided with the parliamentary reform crisis, the Home Office in Britain could no longer avoid dealing with their anomalous legal position. The ...
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When an outrage widely attributed to trade unionists coincided with the parliamentary reform crisis, the Home Office in Britain could no longer avoid dealing with their anomalous legal position. The detonation of a canister of gunpowder in October 1866 in the house of a former member of the Saw Grinders' Union in Hereford Street, Sheffield, led the Home Office to create a royal commission chaired by a recently retired judge, Sir William Erle. The Erle commission was appointed during a crisis in relations between employers and organised workmen in the iron industry. The anomalous status of trade unions was formally exposed when the Court of Queen's Bench delivered its judgment in the famous case of Hornby v Close on January 16, 1867. Contrary to what was frequently stated at the time, and repeated since, the court did not decide that trade union funds could be plundered without redress. This chapter also looks at court interpretations of free labour.Less
When an outrage widely attributed to trade unionists coincided with the parliamentary reform crisis, the Home Office in Britain could no longer avoid dealing with their anomalous legal position. The detonation of a canister of gunpowder in October 1866 in the house of a former member of the Saw Grinders' Union in Hereford Street, Sheffield, led the Home Office to create a royal commission chaired by a recently retired judge, Sir William Erle. The Erle commission was appointed during a crisis in relations between employers and organised workmen in the iron industry. The anomalous status of trade unions was formally exposed when the Court of Queen's Bench delivered its judgment in the famous case of Hornby v Close on January 16, 1867. Contrary to what was frequently stated at the time, and repeated since, the court did not decide that trade union funds could be plundered without redress. This chapter also looks at court interpretations of free labour.
Stefan Petrow
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201656
- eISBN:
- 9780191674976
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201656.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
As state powers increased, so did the power and influence of bureaucracy. By 1910, England, as Ramsay Muir noted, depended heavily on bureaucracy and was governed by bureaucracy. This chapter ...
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As state powers increased, so did the power and influence of bureaucracy. By 1910, England, as Ramsay Muir noted, depended heavily on bureaucracy and was governed by bureaucracy. This chapter examines the Home Office and their role controlling the Metropolitan Police, in the framing of policies, in legislation, and in interpreting and administering Acts. The chapter also discusses issues on the seemingly selective and class-based laws. The chapter also looks at the introduction of new categories and new social identities that were formed to further state control over morality and criminality. The chapter also discusses the increasing role of the Metropolitan Police, a central and powerful engine of the government that enforced social discipline among the working class through a set of laws. In London, the Metropolitan Police were used by successive governments to experiment with various methods of control. Originally created as part of the growing demand for social order, the Metropolitan Police became a representation of penetration and concrete authority, a strong presence among the daily lives of the Victorians in London.Less
As state powers increased, so did the power and influence of bureaucracy. By 1910, England, as Ramsay Muir noted, depended heavily on bureaucracy and was governed by bureaucracy. This chapter examines the Home Office and their role controlling the Metropolitan Police, in the framing of policies, in legislation, and in interpreting and administering Acts. The chapter also discusses issues on the seemingly selective and class-based laws. The chapter also looks at the introduction of new categories and new social identities that were formed to further state control over morality and criminality. The chapter also discusses the increasing role of the Metropolitan Police, a central and powerful engine of the government that enforced social discipline among the working class through a set of laws. In London, the Metropolitan Police were used by successive governments to experiment with various methods of control. Originally created as part of the growing demand for social order, the Metropolitan Police became a representation of penetration and concrete authority, a strong presence among the daily lives of the Victorians in London.
David Miers
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199276158
- eISBN:
- 9780191711145
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199276158.003.0012
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter discusses the Home Office's response to the proliferation of gambling media during the hundred year between the mid-19th century legislation proscribing betting and gaming, and the ...
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This chapter discusses the Home Office's response to the proliferation of gambling media during the hundred year between the mid-19th century legislation proscribing betting and gaming, and the failure of the policy on which it was based. The analysis is set against a wider account of the role of the Home Office and of the role of discretion in the formulation of policy.Less
This chapter discusses the Home Office's response to the proliferation of gambling media during the hundred year between the mid-19th century legislation proscribing betting and gaming, and the failure of the policy on which it was based. The analysis is set against a wider account of the role of the Home Office and of the role of discretion in the formulation of policy.
Paul Rock
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199275496
- eISBN:
- 9780191699832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275496.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter examines the formal organization of the Home Office and its role in protecting victims' rights during the period from 1997 to 2001. It describes the reforms initiated by Home Secretary ...
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This chapter examines the formal organization of the Home Office and its role in protecting victims' rights during the period from 1997 to 2001. It describes the reforms initiated by Home Secretary Jack Straw which came to colour the politics of victims and highlights Prime Minister Tony Blair's declaration of his intention to modernise the criminal justice system. This modernisation program focused on reducing crime and the fear of crime and their social and economic costs, dispensing justice fairly and efficiently, and promoting confidence in the rule of law.Less
This chapter examines the formal organization of the Home Office and its role in protecting victims' rights during the period from 1997 to 2001. It describes the reforms initiated by Home Secretary Jack Straw which came to colour the politics of victims and highlights Prime Minister Tony Blair's declaration of his intention to modernise the criminal justice system. This modernisation program focused on reducing crime and the fear of crime and their social and economic costs, dispensing justice fairly and efficiently, and promoting confidence in the rule of law.
Paul Rock
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199275496
- eISBN:
- 9780191699832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275496.003.0010
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter examines the state of play concerning victims' rights in Great Britain at the turn of the 21st century, just before the politics of victims in Wales and England took off. It discusses ...
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This chapter examines the state of play concerning victims' rights in Great Britain at the turn of the 21st century, just before the politics of victims in Wales and England took off. It discusses the entry of Labour in the Home Office in 1997, when they declared an acknowledged interest in the victims of crime, and describes how their administration created a somewhat distorted image of victims and victimization. This image was further complicated by unresolved relations with other policies and prescriptions, and sometimes by opportunities and problems that required ambitious solutions.Less
This chapter examines the state of play concerning victims' rights in Great Britain at the turn of the 21st century, just before the politics of victims in Wales and England took off. It discusses the entry of Labour in the Home Office in 1997, when they declared an acknowledged interest in the victims of crime, and describes how their administration created a somewhat distorted image of victims and victimization. This image was further complicated by unresolved relations with other policies and prescriptions, and sometimes by opportunities and problems that required ambitious solutions.
David Worrall
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199276752
- eISBN:
- 9780191707643
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199276752.003.0011
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama
This chapter examines the veteran radical pressman Richard Carlile’s retro-conversion in 1830 of The Rotunda, Blackfriars Road, into a theatrical space for acting. Belatedly, Carlile had realized the ...
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This chapter examines the veteran radical pressman Richard Carlile’s retro-conversion in 1830 of The Rotunda, Blackfriars Road, into a theatrical space for acting. Belatedly, Carlile had realized the potential of drama for reaching the plebeian audiences he sought. With his atheistical and republican programme of lectures failing, he turned to his more colourful associate, Robert Taylor (known as ‘Robert the Devil’), a faux clergyman turned atheistical demagogue. His spoken drama, Swing; or, Who are the Incendiarists?, not only flouted the patentees, but coincided with the ‘Captain Swing’ riots and agricultural disturbances. A Home Office spy filed a report for every performance of Swing (save for the first night) and his testimony in the National Archives, together with a close analysis of the drama, provides a unique insight into how politics and drama had become inextricably linked.Less
This chapter examines the veteran radical pressman Richard Carlile’s retro-conversion in 1830 of The Rotunda, Blackfriars Road, into a theatrical space for acting. Belatedly, Carlile had realized the potential of drama for reaching the plebeian audiences he sought. With his atheistical and republican programme of lectures failing, he turned to his more colourful associate, Robert Taylor (known as ‘Robert the Devil’), a faux clergyman turned atheistical demagogue. His spoken drama, Swing; or, Who are the Incendiarists?, not only flouted the patentees, but coincided with the ‘Captain Swing’ riots and agricultural disturbances. A Home Office spy filed a report for every performance of Swing (save for the first night) and his testimony in the National Archives, together with a close analysis of the drama, provides a unique insight into how politics and drama had become inextricably linked.
Peter Mandler
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198217817
- eISBN:
- 9780191678288
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198217817.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
In England, the Whig government during the late 1830s was moderate but weak, so that it was beholden to the small knot of middle-class and Irish Radicals in the Commons, and that subservience, too, ...
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In England, the Whig government during the late 1830s was moderate but weak, so that it was beholden to the small knot of middle-class and Irish Radicals in the Commons, and that subservience, too, swayed the electorate against ideological politics. An alternative view suggests that it was the Whigs who paralysed the Radicals, rather than vice versa. Under either interpretation, Whigs and Tories are seen to be rallying together against the threat from below and groping towards the ‘Victorian compromise’ of moderate liberalism. Lord John Russell was fully aware of the need for a Whig legislative programme which would contribute to the progress of improvement and restore popular confidence in government. He had by 1837 got to grips with the Home Office and had already set in train a series of ambitious social reforms covering Poor Law, public health, and factory legislation. His engagement with social policy was to culminate in a frontal assault on the education question.Less
In England, the Whig government during the late 1830s was moderate but weak, so that it was beholden to the small knot of middle-class and Irish Radicals in the Commons, and that subservience, too, swayed the electorate against ideological politics. An alternative view suggests that it was the Whigs who paralysed the Radicals, rather than vice versa. Under either interpretation, Whigs and Tories are seen to be rallying together against the threat from below and groping towards the ‘Victorian compromise’ of moderate liberalism. Lord John Russell was fully aware of the need for a Whig legislative programme which would contribute to the progress of improvement and restore popular confidence in government. He had by 1837 got to grips with the Home Office and had already set in train a series of ambitious social reforms covering Poor Law, public health, and factory legislation. His engagement with social policy was to culminate in a frontal assault on the education question.
David Miers
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199276158
- eISBN:
- 9780191711145
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199276158.003.0011
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter focuses on the primary factors affecting the enforcement of the Street Betting Act 1906 and the official response to its failure. These factors are considered in the broader context of ...
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This chapter focuses on the primary factors affecting the enforcement of the Street Betting Act 1906 and the official response to its failure. These factors are considered in the broader context of the post-war increase in popular gambling and the diminishing influence of the anti-gambling lobby. It considers the Home Office's difficulties in agreeing to an alternative to prohibition.Less
This chapter focuses on the primary factors affecting the enforcement of the Street Betting Act 1906 and the official response to its failure. These factors are considered in the broader context of the post-war increase in popular gambling and the diminishing influence of the anti-gambling lobby. It considers the Home Office's difficulties in agreeing to an alternative to prohibition.
Stephen Sedley
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199566181
- eISBN:
- 9780191705458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566181.003.0013
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter deals with the development of public law in the UK in relation to the separation of powers. It gives an outline of the development of the Home Office in the last decades of the 20th ...
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This chapter deals with the development of public law in the UK in relation to the separation of powers. It gives an outline of the development of the Home Office in the last decades of the 20th century to illustrate what the judges who developed the public law jurisprudence were responding to.Less
This chapter deals with the development of public law in the UK in relation to the separation of powers. It gives an outline of the development of the Home Office in the last decades of the 20th century to illustrate what the judges who developed the public law jurisprudence were responding to.
James H. Mills
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199283422
- eISBN:
- 9780191746161
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199283422.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Cultural History
Chapter 2 takes up the story in the 1920s where Cannabis Britannica left off. An early media scare about the drug and an example of ham-fisted policing of North African migrant workers in London ...
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Chapter 2 takes up the story in the 1920s where Cannabis Britannica left off. An early media scare about the drug and an example of ham-fisted policing of North African migrant workers in London propelled cannabis into the Poisons Schedule at much the same time as it was inserted into the international drugs regulatory system at Geneva. There remained little domestic consumption of preparations of the plant in the UK in the period before the Second World War save among the itinerant workers of the imperial ports. There was certainly limited medical application of substances containing the drug, which was omitted from the British Pharmacopoeia in 1932. However, in these years the control regime was being carefully assembled. Ambitious bureaucrats at the recently established Home Office Drugs Branch primed police forces around the country to be on the lookout for cannabis, even where few were ever likely to encounter the drug.Less
Chapter 2 takes up the story in the 1920s where Cannabis Britannica left off. An early media scare about the drug and an example of ham-fisted policing of North African migrant workers in London propelled cannabis into the Poisons Schedule at much the same time as it was inserted into the international drugs regulatory system at Geneva. There remained little domestic consumption of preparations of the plant in the UK in the period before the Second World War save among the itinerant workers of the imperial ports. There was certainly limited medical application of substances containing the drug, which was omitted from the British Pharmacopoeia in 1932. However, in these years the control regime was being carefully assembled. Ambitious bureaucrats at the recently established Home Office Drugs Branch primed police forces around the country to be on the lookout for cannabis, even where few were ever likely to encounter the drug.
Paul Rock
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199275496
- eISBN:
- 9780191699832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275496.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter examines the work of the Home Office committees related to victims' rights during the period from 1997 to 2001. It explains that the committees were responsible for putting forward ...
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This chapter examines the work of the Home Office committees related to victims' rights during the period from 1997 to 2001. It explains that the committees were responsible for putting forward policy proposals and they served to bridge the segmented views of policy makers. Some of their key accomplishments during this period include delivering the proposals for Victims' Bill of Rights and the expansion of the membership of Victims Steering Group handling the Stephen Lawrence inquiry to include representatives from minority ethnic groups.Less
This chapter examines the work of the Home Office committees related to victims' rights during the period from 1997 to 2001. It explains that the committees were responsible for putting forward policy proposals and they served to bridge the segmented views of policy makers. Some of their key accomplishments during this period include delivering the proposals for Victims' Bill of Rights and the expansion of the membership of Victims Steering Group handling the Stephen Lawrence inquiry to include representatives from minority ethnic groups.
Simon Bulmer and Martin Burch
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719055157
- eISBN:
- 9781781701928
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719055157.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
This chapter deals with the EU's impact upon, and the European policy-making patterns of, the outer core of central government. It considers two departments which have been affected by the EU ...
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This chapter deals with the EU's impact upon, and the European policy-making patterns of, the outer core of central government. It considers two departments which have been affected by the EU relatively recently—the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence (MoD)—alongside other departments where the impact has been of longer standing but of a lesser order of magnitude. The Home Office and the MoD are the new institutions of European policy-making in Whitehall. The chapter also considers the role of the territorial/devolved authorities, namely the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices prior to devolution and their successor authorities from 1999.Less
This chapter deals with the EU's impact upon, and the European policy-making patterns of, the outer core of central government. It considers two departments which have been affected by the EU relatively recently—the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence (MoD)—alongside other departments where the impact has been of longer standing but of a lesser order of magnitude. The Home Office and the MoD are the new institutions of European policy-making in Whitehall. The chapter also considers the role of the territorial/devolved authorities, namely the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices prior to devolution and their successor authorities from 1999.
James H. Mills
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199283422
- eISBN:
- 9780191746161
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199283422.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Cultural History
Chapter 4 explores the years between 1945 and 1962, in order to look at the dynamics of a period in which a permanent domestic market for the drug was established in Britain. Migrant workers arriving ...
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Chapter 4 explores the years between 1945 and 1962, in order to look at the dynamics of a period in which a permanent domestic market for the drug was established in Britain. Migrant workers arriving from the colonies introduced cannabis to the more curious members of the UK's population who took to experimenting with various aspects of the newcomers' lifestyles. The less curious and more reactionary met the migrants with racism and rejection. Discussions of cannabis and approaches to consumption of the drug in this are traced to anxieties about race and the Cold War against a backdrop of the end of Empire.Less
Chapter 4 explores the years between 1945 and 1962, in order to look at the dynamics of a period in which a permanent domestic market for the drug was established in Britain. Migrant workers arriving from the colonies introduced cannabis to the more curious members of the UK's population who took to experimenting with various aspects of the newcomers' lifestyles. The less curious and more reactionary met the migrants with racism and rejection. Discussions of cannabis and approaches to consumption of the drug in this are traced to anxieties about race and the Cold War against a backdrop of the end of Empire.
Paul Rock
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199275496
- eISBN:
- 9780191699832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275496.003.0009
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
This chapter examines the impact of the death of black British student Stephen Lawrence on the British governments' policies for victims of crimes during the period from 1997 to 2001. It suggests ...
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This chapter examines the impact of the death of black British student Stephen Lawrence on the British governments' policies for victims of crimes during the period from 1997 to 2001. It suggests that Lawrence's death had a delayed but galvanic effect on the criminal justice system. It influenced the recruitment, deployment, and working methods of the police. It also affected the work of the courts, prisons, and prosecutors, as well as the employment and promotion of staff in the Home Office.Less
This chapter examines the impact of the death of black British student Stephen Lawrence on the British governments' policies for victims of crimes during the period from 1997 to 2001. It suggests that Lawrence's death had a delayed but galvanic effect on the criminal justice system. It influenced the recruitment, deployment, and working methods of the police. It also affected the work of the courts, prisons, and prosecutors, as well as the employment and promotion of staff in the Home Office.
