Examining critical perspectives on human rights / edited by Robert Dickinson ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examining critical perspectives on human rights / Ole W. Pedersen and C.R.G. Murray -- The international human rights movement: still part of the problem? / David Kennedy -- What is the point of human rights law? / K.D. Ewing -- If you cannot change the rules of the game, adapt to them : United Kingdom responses to the restrictions set by Article 3 ECHR on "national security" deportations / David Bonner -- The right to security : securing rights or securitising rights? / Liora Lazarus -- Of fortresses and caltrops : national security and competing models of rights protection / C.R.G. Murray -- The rule of law and the role of human rights in contemporary international law / Elena Katselli -- The construction of the constitutional essentials of democratic poolitics by the European Court of Human Rights following Sejdić and Finci / Steven Wheatley -- Universal human rights : a challenge too far / Rob Dickinson -- The reality and hyper-reality of human rights : public consciousness and the mass media / Eric Heinze -- Human rights and the struggle for change : a study in self-critical thought / Christine Bell -- Lawfare and the international human rights movement / Richard Mullender.

"Examining Critical Perspectives on Human Rights sets out a practical and theoretical overview of the future of human rights within the United Kingdom and beyond. A number of internationally renowned scholars respond to David Kennedy's contribution 'The International Human Rights Movement: Still Part of the Problem?' from a range of different perspectives. With its combination of theory and practice of international and domestic human rights at this key juncture in the human rights project, it is relevant to all scholars and practitioners with an interest in human rights"-- Provided by publisher.