Table of Contents

Part I: Introductory matters

1. Introductory matters

2. Rationalizing the Investigatory Powers Act 2016: Conceptual approach and key definitions

Part II: Secretive communications investigation governance: 1324?–1984

3. Secretive non-statutory regulation: Interception of communications 1324–1919

4. Secretive partial statutory governance: Interception of communications 1920–1984

Part III: Disingenuous statutory governance: 1984–2015

5. Disingenuous statutory regulation: Interception of communications: 1984–1999

6. Disingenuous statutory regulation: Interception of communications 2000–2013

7. Disingenuous statutory regulation: Communications data retention

8. Disingenuous statutory regulation: Obtaining retained communications data

9. The 2013 Intelligence Shock: Towards a modern and transparent legal framework

Part IV: Candid statutory governance: 2016–?

10. Avowal, transparency, and a modern and transparent framework: Rationalizing the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

11. Postscript

About the Author

Phil Glover was born and raised near Belfast, Northern Ireland. Having left school without qualifications, he served in the Royal Ulster Constabulary between 1983 and 2002. He returned to higher education in Scotland in 2008 and obtained an LLB (Honours) from the University of Aberdeen in 2012. He completed a PhD at the University of Aberdeen in 2015 before commencing a career in academia. He now teaches criminal law and conducts comparative national security-related research at Curtin University Law School, Perth, Western Australia.