Civil Liberties, National Security and Prospects for Consensus: Legal, Philosophical and Religious Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781107008984 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 280 str.

Esther D Reed

Opis

Leading scholars engage the false dichotomy whereby 'security' and basic liberties are set in opposition.

Spis treści

Part I. The Security-Liberty Debate: 1. Safety and security Jeremy Waldron; 2. Escaping Hobbes: liberty and security for our democratic (not anti-terrorist) age Conor Gearty; 3. Secularism, religion as identity and respect for religion Tariq Modood; Part II. Impact on Society: The Management of Unease: 4. From cartoons to crucifixes: current controversies concerning the freedom of religion and the freedom of expression before the European Court of Human Rights Malcolm Evans; 5. Building a consensus on 'national security' in Britain: terrorism, human rights and 'core values' - the Labour Government (a retrospective examination) Derek McGhee; 6. Terror, reason and rights Eric Metcalfe; Part III. Religious Dimensions: 7. Religiously-rooted engagement in the relationship between human rights and security: a socio-anthropological approach Charlotte Alfred; 8. The elimination of mutilation and torture in Rabbinic thought and practice: a Jewish comment amidst the civil liberties, national security debate David Novak; 9. Narrating religious insecurity: Islamic-Western conceptions of mutual threat Abdelwahab El-Affendi; 10. Security and the State: a Christian Realist perspective on the world since 9/11 Robin Lovin.