This book examines the question of whether justice or security is the primary virtue of 21st-century society.

The issue of enhancing security without undermining justice managing risk without undermining the rule of law has always been problematic. However, recent developments such as new counter-terrorism measures, the expanding scope of criminal law, harsher migration control and an increasingly pronounced concern with public safety, have posed new challenges. The key element of these contemporary challenges is that of membership and exclusion: that is, who is to be included within...