Examining critical perspectives on human rights / edited by Rob Dickinson [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dickinson, Rob, 1952- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Human rights--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

part I. Introduction

Examining critical perspectives on human rights : an introduction / Ole W. Pedersen and 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? / K.D. 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 contemporary 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 international human rights movement / Richard Mullender.

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ISBN:

9781139026291

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