NI: Northern Ireland - new material (6)
01 March 2000
Who murdered Rosemary Nelson?, Jane Winter. Legal Action, March 2000, pp8-9. This article, by the director of British Irish Rights Watch (BIRW), describes the life and work of the solicitor Rosemary Nelson who was murdered by a loyalist car bomb in March 1999. As evidence of RUC collusion in Rosemary's death builds the BIRW are calling for an independent judicial inquiry into her killing. The BIRW can be contacted at 12b Hillgate Place, London SW12 9ES.
Tapping into the future, T Geraghty. Index on Censorship, Vol 29 no 2, 2000, pp14-18. The bugging of Gerry Adams' car shows how the war against the "terrorist" has turned into a secret war against the citizen.
Policing history: the official discourse and organizational memory of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, A Mulcahy. British Journal of Criminology, vol 40 no 1 (Winter) 2000, pp68-87. This paper considers the nature and impact of the organisational memories that form the core of the RUC's official discourse. These organisational memories underpin the force's criticism of proposals for radical reform and its denigration of reform proponents.
Reflecting all shades of opinion: public attitudinal surveys and the construction of police legitimacy in Northern Ireland, G Ellison. British Journal of Criminology, vol 40 no 1 (Winter) 2000, pp88-111. This article examines the role of attitudinal survey data in constructing legitimacy for the RUC in Northern Ireland. It highlights a number of fundamental problems - both of methodology and interpretation - in the use of such surveys. Utilizing unique primary data it will be demonstrated that traditional attitudinal surveys have consistently over-represented nationalist/Catholic support for the RUC and drawn rather tendentious correlations between "quality of service" delivery and issues of legitimation and public acceptability.
Parliamentary debates
Northern Ireland Commons 3.2.00. cols. 311-327
Northern Ireland Bill (Programme) Commons 8.2.00. cols. 121-127
Northern Ireland Bill Commons 8.2.00. cols. 128-220
Northern Ireland Bill Lords 9.2.00. cols. 664-704
Northern Ireland Bill Lords 10.2.00. cols. 776-797
Northern Ireland Commons 14.2.00. cols. 718-739
Northern Ireland Lords 17.2.00. cols. 1428-1446
Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty period) Order 2000 Lords 21.2.00. cols. 94-98
Terrorism Bill Commons 15.3.00. cols. 329-444, 445-473
Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Commons 15.3.00. 47WH-66WH
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism Commons 15.3.00. cols. 474-478
Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Continuance) Order 2000 Lords 20.3.00. cols. 81-88
Northern Ireland Lords 22.3.00. cols. 341-373