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National Insecurity and Human Rights : Democracies Debate Counterterrorism /

Human rights is all too often the first casualty of national insecurity. How can democracies cope with the threat of terror while protecting human rights? This timely volume compares the lessons of the United States and Israel with the "best-case scenarios" of the United Kingdom, Canada, S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Shafir, Gershon, Brysk, Alison, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Human rights and national insecurity / Alison Brysk
  • Encroaching on the rule of law : post-9/11 policies within the United States / Richard Falk
  • The United States : protecting human dignity in an era of insecurity / David P. Forsythe
  • Northern Ireland : violent conflict and the resilience of international law / Colm Campbell
  • The United Kingdom : the continuity of terror and counterterror / Todd Landman
  • Torturing democracies : the curious debate over the "Israeli model" / Gershon Shafir
  • Democracy, civil liberties, and counterterrorist measures in Spain / Salvador Martí, Pilar Domingo, and Pedro Ibarra
  • Canada's balancing act : protecting human rights and countering terrorist threats / Howard Adelman
  • Germany : state responses to terrorist challenges and human rights / Wolfgang S. Heinz
  • Conclusion: Human rights in hard times / Gershon Shafir, Alison Brysk, and Daniel Wehrenfennig.