Human Rights in the 'War on Terror' / Edited by Richard Ashby Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Richard, 1964-

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Civil rights.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book reviews the war on terror since 9/11 from a human rights perspective.

Contents:

Human Rights in the 'War on Terror' / Richard Ashby Wilson 1

1 Order, Rights and Threats: Terrorism and Global Justice / Michael Freeman 37

2 Liberal Security / Fernando R. Teson 57

3 The Human Rights Case for the War in Iraq: A consequentialist View / Thomas Cushman 78

4 Human Rights as an Ethics of Power / John R. Wallach 108

5 How Not to Promote Democracy and Human Rights / Aryeh Neier 137

6 War in Iraq: Not a Humanitarian Intervention / Kenneth Roth 143

7 The Tension between Combating Terrorism and Protecting Civil Liberties / Richard Goldstone 157

8 Fair Trials for Terrorists? / Geoffrey Robertson 169

9 Nationalizing the Local: Comparative Notes on the Recent Restructuring of Political Space / Carol J. Greenhouse 184

10 The Impact of Counter Terror on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: A Global Perspective / Neil Hicks 209

11 Human Rights: A Descending Spiral / Richard Falk 225

12 Eight Fallacies About Liberty and Security / David Luban 242

13 Our Privacy, Ourselves in the Age of Technological Intrusions / Peter Galison, Martha Minow 258

14 Are Human Rights Universal in an Age of Terrorism? / Wiktor Osiatynski 295

15 Connecting Human Rights, Human Development, and Human Security / Mary Robinson 308

16 Human Rights and Civil Society in a New Age of American Exceptionalism / Julie A. Mertus 317.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780511511288

9780521853194

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