Examining Critical Perspectives on Human Rights

by Dickinson, Rob; Katselli, Elena; Murray, Colin; Pedersen, Ole W.

• ISBN13: 9781107006935
• ISBN10: 1107006937
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-19
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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.

Author Biography

Rob Dickinson, Elena Katselli, Colin Murray and Ole W. Pedersen are lecturers at Newcastle Law School.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Examining critical perspectives on human rights: an introduction	p. 3
The international human rights regime: still part of the problem?	p. 19
Domestic human rights perspectives	p. 35
What is the point of human rights law?	p. 37
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	p. 61
The right to security - securing rights or securitising rights?	p. 87
Of fortresses and caltrops: national security and competing models of rights protection	p. 107
International Human Rights Law Perspectives	p. 129
The rule of law and the role of human rights in contemporary international law	p. 131
The construction of the constitutional essentials of democratic politics by the European Court of Human Rights following Sejdic and Finci	p. 153
Universal human rights: a challenge too far	p. 175
Theoretical Perspectives on Human Rights	p. 191
The reality and hyper-reality of human rights: public consciousness and the mass media	p. 193
Human rights and the struggle for change: a study in self-critical legal thought	p. 217
Lawfare and the international human rights movement	p. 247
Index	p. 279
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