Table of Contents

Foreword; Other; Introduction: approaching terrorism; Chapter 1: The United Kingdom’s legal definition of terrorism; Chapter 2: The 21st Century terrorist threat: how terrorist groups and terrorists communicate and the unknown threat; Chapter 3: The necessity of bulk communications data surveillance; Chapter 4: The necessity of pre-emptive legal counterterrorism measures; Chapter 5: Implications of the UK’s legal response: striking the right balance between individual privacy and collective security in the digital age; Chapter 6: The international nature of the 21st Century terrorism threat: preserving international intelligence exchange and the implications of the UK leaving the European Union; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Simon Hale-Ross is a Lecturer in Law at Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University, UK.