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Introduction -- The growth of police powers -- Surveillance and the right to privacy -- Freedom of assembly and the right of public protest -- Free speech and the national security state -- A permanent emergency and the eclipse of human rights law -- From detention-to control orders-to rendition -- Conclusion : power not rights

Preface -- 1 A Drama Unfolds -- Introduction -- The Conservative Funding Legacy -- The 'Arms Race' -- The Labour Party's Response -- Questions for the Labour Party -- The Ecclestone Affair -- The Neill Committee -- Conclusion -- 2 Regulatory Objectives -- The Prevention of Corruption and Conflicts of Interest -- Equality of Opportunity and Fair Competition for Political Office -- A Need to Ensure that Political Parties are Adequately Funded -- Promoting Citizen Participation in the Funding of Political Parties -- Respect for the Nature and Diversity of Party Structure -- The Protection of Human Rights -- Conclusion -- 3 Regulatory Methods -- Introduction -- Transparency and Disclosure -- Contribution Controls -- Spending Controls -- State Aid and Public Funding -- Self-Regulation or State Regulation? -- Supervision and Enforcement -- Conclusion -- 4 Party Autonomy and Public Accountability -- Introduction -- Diversity of Party Structure -- The Principle of Party Autonomy -- Autonomy of Party Organisation: The Role of Legislation -- Autonomy and Legality -- From Autonomy to Accountability: Registration and Party Identity -- State Supervision: Registration and Financial Accountability -- Conclusion -- 5 Donations to Political Parties: The Regulatory Framework -- Introduction -- Disclosure and Corruption -- Who May Donate to Political Parties? -- The Mechanics of Reporting and Disclosure -- Who Does Donate to Political Parties? -- The Problem of Avoidance -- Loopholes in the Regulatory Framework -- Conclusion -- 6 From 'Sleaze' to 'High-Value Donors' to Loans -- Introduction -- 'Sleaze': The Continuing Problem of Political Donations -- The Labour Party's Response -- 'High-Value Donors': The Labour Party -- 'High-Value Donors': The Conservative Party -- The Loans Affair: A New Problem Erupts -- Implications and Consequences of the Loans Affair -- Conclusion -- 7 Spending Limits in Election Campaigns -- Regulatory Challenges -- The Victorian Legacy: Candidate Limits -- The Problem of Third Parties -- Spending Limits on Political Parties -- Calculating and Enforcing the Limit -- Spending Limits and Third Parties -- Spending Limits in Practice - The First Cycle -- The General Election 2005 -- Conclusion -- 8 The Role of the State: Supporting Candidates and Political Parties -- Introduction -- Regulatory Challenges -- Responsibility of the State -- Meeting the State's Responsibility -- Party Political Broadcasts: Transferring the State's Obligations -- New Forms of State Support -- Proposals for Additional State Support -- Reluctance and Resistance to Change -- Tax Relief - A False Trail -- Conclusion -- 9 Lessons from Canada -- Introduction -- Political Parties in Canada -- The Election Expenses Act 1974 -- The Parties and their Funds -- Bill C-24, Political Donations and State Funding -- The Impact of Bill C-24 -- Bill C-24 and Party Structure -- Conclusion -- 10 Building on PPERA -- Introduction -- The Next Step - Regulatory Objectives -- The Problems with Contribution Limits -- Donations - Let the Members Decide -- A Focus on Spending -- State Aid: Building on the British Model? -- Making a Fresh Start - Back to Houghton -- Qualifying Conditions for State Support -- Promoting Democracy: A Quid Pro Quo -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Exchange of Letters between the Labour Party and Sir Patrick Neill QC -- Appendix 2: Annual Accounts of the Political Parties -- Appendix 3: The Structure of the Labour Party -- Appendix 4: From Election Funding to Political Funding in Germany -- Appendix 5: State Funding in Sweden - Party Autonomy and Public Funding

1 Introduction -- Part I 'Light Touch' Regulation and its Discontents -- 2 The Regulation of Campaign Funding in New Zealand: Practices, Problems and Prospects for Change -- Andrew Geddis -- Part II 'Big Bang' Regulation of a Private Funding Regime -- 3 Regulation of Political Funding under the United Kingdom's Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 - And Beyond? -- Navraj Ghaleigh -- 4 The Disclosure of Political Donations in Britain - New Regulation, Old Problems -- K D Ewing -- 5 Access to the Airwaves and Equality: The Case against Media Political Advertising on the Broadcast Media -- Jacob Rowbottom -- Part III From State Regulation to State Funding -- 6 Political Finance Law and Electoral Funding in Australia -- Graeme Orr -- 7 The Growing Importance of Public Funding in Japan -- Akiko Ejima -- 8 Financing Parties at the Grass - Roots Level: The Quebec Experience -- Louis Massicotte -- Part IV Regulation and Judicial Review -- 9 Throwing in the Towel: The Constitutional Morass of Campaign Finance -- Samuel Issacharoff -- 10 Soft Money, Congress, and the Supreme Court -- Richard Briffault -- 11 The Law of American Party Finance -- Nathaniel Persily -- Part V Regulation and Judicial Review: Divergent Paths -- 12 The Supreme Court of Canada's Political Theory and the Constitutionality of the Political Finance Regime -- Colin Feasby -- 13 Elections, Democracy, and Free Speech: More at Stake than an Unfettered Right to Advertise -- Janet L Hiebert -- Part VI Starting from Scratch -- 14 Political Parties in the European Union: Towards a European Party Statute? -- Stephen Day and Jo Shaw