Examining critical perspectives on human rights
by Dickinson, Robert (Ed.)
[ Books ] Published by : Cambridge University Press, (New York :) Physical details: xi, 292 p. 24 cm. ISBN:9781107006935. Year: 2012 Item type: Books| Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction -- Examining critical perspectives on human rights : an introduction / Ole W. Pedersen & C. R. G. Murray -- The international human rights regime : still part of the problem? / David Kennedy -- Part II. Domestic Human Rights Perspectives -- What is the point of human rights law? / Keith Ewing -- If you cannot change the rules of the game, adapt to them : United Kingdom responses to the restrictions set by Article 3 ECHR on 'national security' deportations / David Bonner -- The right to security : securing rights or securitizing rights? / Liora Lazarus -- Of fortresses and caltrops: national security and competing models of rights protection / C. R. G. Murray -- Part III. International Human Rights Law Perspectives -- The rule of law and the role of human rights in comtemporary international law / Elena Katselli -- The construction of the constitutional essentials of democratic politics by the European Court of Human Rights following Sejdić and Finci / Steven Wheatley -- Universal human rights : a challenge too far / Rob Dickinson -- Part IV. Theoretical Perspectives on Human Rights -- The reality and hyper-reality of human rights : public consciousness and the mass media / Eric Heinze -- Human rights and the struggle for change : a study in self-critical legal thought / Christine Bell -- Lawfare and the internatinal human rights movement / Richard Mullender.
"Examining Critical Perspectives on Human Rights sets out a practical and theoretical overview of the future of human rights within the United Kingdom and beyond. A number of internationally renowned scholars respond to David Kennedy's contribution 'The International Human Rights Movement: Still Part of the Problem?' from a range of different perspectives. With its combination of theory and practice of international and domestic human rights at this key juncture in the human rights project, it is relevant to all scholars and practitioners with an interest in human rights"--
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