STOPPING THE MINERS
01 January 1991
STOPPING THE MINERS
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 006055
R East , P A Thomas
New Law J, 18 Jan 1985 135(6186) pp63-66
Examines the legal justifications behind the establishment
of police road blocks within and around the coalfields
during the miners' strike of 1984/85. Argues that the basic
civil right of freedom of movement is under threat as long
as the police can exercise such powers.
United Kingdom, industrial dispute, Road Traffic Act 1972 ,
breach of the peace, picketing
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