BOOK REVIEW THE LAW OF PUBLIC ORDER AND PROTEST By HHG Peter Thornton QC, Ruth Brander, Richard Thomas, David Rhodes, Mike Schwarz, Edward Rees QC ISBN: 978-0-19-956614-3 Oxford University Press www.oup.com/uk/law FOND OF PROTEST? YOU'RE NOT ALONE, BUT BE WARNED, THERE MIGHT BE A LAW AGAINST IT. An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers You're not a lawyer? Don't worry. You'll find this readable and scholarly volume by Peter Thornton QC and his team a topical and fascinating read. If you are a lawyer, run out and buy this book. You never know in this turbulent age of protest and dissent, when you're going to need it. It's an account of public order law: illuminating, informative and carefully structured for ease of use. Public order, as pointed out in the preface, is generally reactive- reacting, or responding to problems of disorder and violent unrest which have recently occurred -- the Fascist marches of the1930s, for example...the Southall riots of 1979...the Brixton disorders of 1981...the poll tax of 1990...and so on, including protests over wars, from Vietnam to Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza. Whether you agree or disagree with whatever contentious issue is being protested about, protest nonetheless remains an option, an avenue of communication if you like and in a democratic society, an inalienable right; 'the lifeblood of democracy,' a senior judge has called it. Protest of course occurs at the local level too. Usually it's ...
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