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Human rights in the War on Terror / edited by Richard Ashby Wilson. - Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xv, 347 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Order, rights and threats : terrorism and global justice / Liberal security / Human rights case for the war in Iraq : a consequentialist view / Human rights as an ethics of power / War in Iraq : not a humanitarian intervention / Tension between combating terrorism and protecting civil liberties / Fair trials for terrorists? / Nationalizing the local : comparative notes on the recent restructuring of political space / Impact of counter terror on the promotion and protection of human rights : a global perspective / Michael Freeman -- Fernando Tesón -- Thomas Cushman -- John R. Wallach -- Aryeh Neier -- Kenneth Roth -- Richard Goldstone -- Geoffrey Robertson -- Carol J. Greenhouse -- Neil Hicks -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. How not to promote democracy and human rights / 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Human rights : a descending spiral / Eight fallacies about liberty and security / Our privacy, ourselves in the age of technological intrusions / Are human rights universal in an age of terrorism? / Connecting human rights, human development, and human security / Human rights and civil society in a new age of American exceptionalism / Richard Falk -- David Luban -- Peter Galison and Martha Minow -- Wiktor Osiatynski -- Mary Robinson -- Julie A. Mertus. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

ISBN: 9780521853194 (hardcover) 9780521618335 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2005013325

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA582260 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013301687 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights.
Civil rights.
War on Terrorism, 2001-
Terrorism--Prevention.
Iraq War, 2003-
International law.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Droits de l'homme.
Opération Liberté immuable, 2001-
Terrorisme--Prévention.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-
Droit international.

LC Class. No.: JC585 / .H865 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 323/.09/0511