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Author:   Dr Benjamin J Goold ,  Dr Liora Lazarus
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781841136080

ISBN 10:   1841136085
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   07 June 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Security and Human Rights: The Search for a Language of Reconciliation. Liora Lazarus and Benjamin J Goold I Engaging Security 2 The Cultural Lives of Security and Rights. Ian Loader 3 Privacy, Identity and Security.Benjamin J Goold 4 Muslim Profiles Post-9/11: Is Racial Profiling an Effective Counter-terrorist Measure and Does It Violate the Right to be Free from Discrimination? Bernard E Harcourt 5 The Worst-case Scenario and the Man on the Clapham Omnibus. Didier Bigo and Elspeth Guild II Engaging Rights 6 Deference, Security and Human Rights. David Dyzenhaus and Murray Hunt 7 The Legal Authority of the United Nations Security Council. CH Powell 8 Between Idealism and Pragmatism: Legal and Political Constraints on State Power in Times of Crisis. Victor V Ramraj 9 Security, Terrorism and the Value of Human Rights. Andrew Ashworth 10 Sources and Trends in Post-9/11 Anti-terrorism Laws. Kent Roach 11 Seeking Security by Eroding Rights: The Side-stepping of Due Process. Lucia Zedner 12 The State's Duty of Self-defence: Justifying the Expansion of Criminal Law. Shlomit Wallerstein III Security as a Right: The Resolution? 13 The Positive Right to Security. Sandra Fredman 14 Mapping the Right to Security. Liora Lazarus 15 Human Security and the Law of States. S Neil MacFarlane 16 The Responsibility to Protect: Securing the Individual in International Society. Jennifer M Welsh

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...addresses an interesting sequence of topics and raises several problems that have to be addressed in the difficult relationship between security, international law, international relations and human rights. It is an interesting and welcome contribution to the literature in this quite new territory of international concern, showing the importance of multidisciplinary studies, in an area where the link between national and international law becomes more and more relevant. Marco Odello Journal of Conflict & Security Law (2008), 1-4 The book impresses with its variety and scope. Security and Human Rights is readable and engaging, even entertaining. Mia Swart South African Law Journal 2008 ...masterful [analysis] of the problems associated with reconciling security and human rights...highly accessible...human rights analysts, NGO strategists, and policymakers will find [it] a valuable basis and point of embarkation for research and practical policy initiatives. Mahmood Monshipouri Human Rights Quarterly vol. 30

...addresses an interesting sequence of topics and raises several problems that have to be addressed in the difficult relationship between security, international law, international relations and human rights. It is an interesting and welcome contribution to the literature in this quite new territory of international concern, showing the importance of multidisciplinary studies, in an area where the link between national and international law becomes more and more relevant.Marco OdelloJournal of Conflict & Security Law(2008), 1-4The book impresses with its variety and scope. Security and Human Rights is readable and engaging, even entertaining.Mia SwartSouth African Law Journal2008...masterful [analysis] of the problems associated with reconciling security and human rights...highly accessible...human rights analysts, NGO strategists, and policymakers will find [it] a valuable basis and point of embarkation for research and practical policy initiatives.Mahmood MonshipouriHuman Rights Quarterlyvol. 30

Author Information

Benjamin J Goold is a Professor of Law at the Uniiversity of British Columbia. Liora Lazarus is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law, a Fellow of St Anne's College and Associate, Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford.

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