Richard Stone is Professor of Law at the University of Lincoln, where he was Head of the Law School between 2003 and 2009. Over the past 30 years he has taught at a variety of higher education institutions, including Leicester University (where he held the positions of Head of Department and Dean), Nottingham Trent University (where he was Dean of the Law School), and the Inns of Court School of Law (where he was Principal). Richard's main research interests lie in the areas of civil liberties and human rights.

This is an extremely valuable contribution to the continuing debate on the extent of the powers of the state to interfere with the personal affairs, not to mention the privacy laws of the private citizen.

• 1. Basic Issues ; 2. The Human Rights Context ; 3. Remedies ; 4. Criminal Investigations: General Powers ; 5. Criminal Investigations: Specific Powers ; 6. Personal Searches ; 7. Revenue, Customs and Excise ; 8. Central Government Powers ; 9. Local Government and Public Utilities ; 10. Civil Procedures ; Appendices

Richard Stone is Professor of Law at the University of Lincoln, where he was Head of the Law School between 2003 and 2009. Over the past 30 years he has taught at a variety of higher education institutions, including Leicester University (where he held the positions of Head of Department and Dean), Nottingham Trent University (where he was Dean of the Law School), and the Inns of Court School of Law (where he was Principal). Richard's main research interests lie in the areas of civil liberties and human rights.

This is an extremely valuable contribution to the continuing debate on the extent of the powers of the state to interfere with the personal affairs, not to mention the privacy laws of the private citizen.

• 1. Basic Issues ; 2. The Human Rights Context ; 3. Remedies ; 4. Criminal Investigations: General Powers ; 5. Criminal Investigations: Specific Powers ; 6. Personal Searches ; 7. Revenue, Customs and Excise ; 8. Central Government Powers ; 9. Local Government and Public Utilities ; 10. Civil Procedures ; Appendices

Richard Stone is Professor of Law at the University of Lincoln, where he was Head of the Law School between 2003 and 2009. Over the past 30 years he has taught at a variety of higher education institutions, including Leicester University (where he held the positions of Head of Department and Dean), Nottingham Trent University (where he was Dean of the Law School), and the Inns of Court School of Law (where he was Principal). Richard's main research interests lie in the areas of civil liberties and human rights.

This is an extremely valuable contribution to the continuing debate on the extent of the powers of the state to interfere with the personal affairs, not to mention the privacy laws of the private citizen.

• 1. Basic Issues ; 2. The Human Rights Context ; 3. Remedies ; 4. Criminal Investigations: General Powers ; 5. Criminal Investigations: Specific Powers ; 6. Personal Searches ; 7. Revenue, Customs and Excise ; 8. Central Government Powers ; 9. Local Government and Public Utilities ; 10. Civil Procedures ; Appendices