Security and Human Rights, 2nd Edition

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This is the second edition of the acclaimed Security and Human Rights, published in 2007. The task of reconciling issues of security with a respect for fundamental human rights has become one of the key challenges facing governments throughout the world. The first edition broke the disciplinary confines in which security was often analysed.

The second edition will continue in this tradition, producing a collection of essays from leading academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal justice, public law, international law, international relations, social theory and legal philosophy, offering a genuinely multidisciplinary perspective on the relationship between security and human rights. In addition to exploring how the demands of security might be reconciled with the desire to protect established rights, Security and Human Rights offers a fresh perspective on the broader legal and political challenges that lie ahead as states attempt to control crime, prevent terrorism and protect their citizens.

The volume is fully updated to meet the most pressing questions facing security and human rights in the 21st century, and will be essential reading for all who are working in the area.
Benjamin J Goold is a Lecturer in Law and Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford.
Liora Lazarus is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law, a Fellow of St Anne's College and Associate, Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford.
...addresses an interesting sequence of topics and raises several problems that have to be addressed in the difficult relationship between security, international law, international relations and human rights. It is an interesting and welcome contribution to the literature in this quite new territory of international concern, showing the importance of multidisciplinary studies, in an area where the link between national and international law becomes more and more relevant.
Marco Odello
Journal of Conflict & Security Law
(2008), 1-4

The book impresses with its variety and scope. Security and Human Rights is readable and engaging, even entertaining.
Mia Swart
South African Law Journal
2008

...masterful [analysis] of the problems associated with reconciling security and human rights...highly accessible...human rights analysts, NGO strategists, and policymakers will find [it] a valuable basis and point of embarkation for research and practical policy initiatives.
Mahmood Monshipouri
Human Rights Quarterly
vol. 30