Civil Rights and Security
1st Edition
Published on 8. January 2009
Book
Hardback
490 pages
978-0-7546-2734-0 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of previously published work on security and rights focuses on the appropriate relationship between rights and what we can think of as counterterrorism policy. Such a focus might seem both necessary, because of 9/11, and unfortunate, because there are other causes of insecurity besides terrorism. However, the intensity of the 'war on terror' has created an ongoing surge of scholarship on the relationship between security and human rights that either has indirect implications for debates about security where terrorism is not in issue, or has directly led to an attempt to rethink more generally the idea of security and its relationship to rights.
Reviews / Votes
'...the book makes available many of the key writings in this field, it is to be warmly welcomed.' Commonwealth Lawyer '...this is a most important book. It brings to the table some of the greatest thinkers on the subject of civil rights and security.' The Criminal LawyerMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
Weight
1156 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-2734-0 (9780754627340)
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Person
David Dyzenhaus, Professor of Law and Philosophy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada.
Content
Contents: Introduction; Part I The Image of Balance: Security and liberty: the image of balance, Jeremy Waldron; Emergencies, tradeoffs, and deference, Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule. Part II Institutional Models: The Emergency Constitution: This is not a war, Bruce Ackerman; The priority of morality: the emergency constitution's blind spot, David Cole; Weak Constitutionalism: Minimalism at war, Cass R. Sunstein; Strong Constitutionalism: Securing liberty in the face of terror: reflections from criminal justice, Lucia Zedner; Must we trade rights for security? The choice between smart, harsh, or proportionate security strategies in Canada and Britain, Kent Roach; Keeping control of terrorists without losing control of constitutionalism, Clive Walker; Equality in the war on terror, Neal Katyal. Part III Civilizing Security?: World citizens between freedom and security, Klaus GA1/4nther; The cultural lives of security and rights, Ian Loader and Neil Walker; Name Index.