Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Basic Legal Concepts 3. Campaign Planning and Protest Action 4. Speaking Out In Public 5. Interfering with Business Activities 6. Criminal Offences 7. Inclosed Property 8. On the Street 9. Special Areas 10. "Lock-down" Areas 11. In the Car 12. Forestry Areas 13. National Parks & Protected Areas 14. Commonwealth Land 15. Arrest & Detention 16. Bail 17. Preparing for Court 18. Before the Court Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Index

Acknowledgments

This Handbook is based on the outstanding foundational work of David Mossop and previous members of the Environmental Defender’s Office in putting together the Non-Violent Action Handbook, without which this edition would have been a much more difficult project.

Jeff Smith has written the new edition and it is a substantially different resource. First and foremost, it has been rewritten from the standpoint of campaigners. Amongst other things, this means that the Handbook is a much bigger proposition. It contains eighteen chapters, with a focus on specific areas – including chapters on inclosed lands, on the street, forestry areas, national parks and protected areas, water and foreshores, and Commonwealth land. This compares to the previous edition, which contained five chapters.

Many people were consulted during the conception and writing of the new edition. With apologies to those we may have forgotten, the following people should be mentioned: Michael Bozic, Steve Bolt, Scott Corish, Andrew Haesler, SC, Andrew Martin, Miranda Nagy, David Rolph, Tisha Dejmanee and Jemilah Hallinan.

We also used the following texts and resources:

• Brown D, Farrier D, Egger S and McNamara L (2006) Criminal Laws 4th Edition, Federation Press.
• Steve Bolt Protest and Civil Rights, available on the National Association of Community Legal Centre website at www.naclc.org.au/activist.
• NSW Young Lawyers Criminal Law Committee (2004) A Practitioner’s Guide to the Criminal Law, 3rd Edition, Young Lawyers.
• Roger Douglas (2004) Dealing with Demonstrations: the Law of Public Protest and its Enforcement, Federation Press.
• Baker D, Blay S, Corbin L and Gibson A (2002) Torts Law: In Principle 3rd Edition, Thomson Law Book Company.
• Aronson M and Hunter J (2005) Litigation: Evidence and Procedure 7th Edition, Butterworths.
• University of Technology, Sydney Community Law Centre (see www.law.uts.edu.au/clc).
• Cover photographs (L-R) by Kristi Miller, Greenpeace and Ron Withington courtesy of Blue Mountains Conservation Society.
• Map of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore area kindly supplied by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.