The EU and human rights / edited by Philip Alston with Mara Bustelo and james Heenan.

An 'ever closer union' in need of a human rights policy: the European Union and human rights / Philip Alston and J.H.H. Weiler -- Is there a European approach to human rights? / Charles Leben -- The effect of rights on political culture / Martti Koskenniemi -- The legacies of injustice and fear: a European approach to human rights and their effects on political culture / Klaus G١nther -- Ahuman rights policy for the European Community and Union: the question of competences / J.H.H. Weiler and S.C. Fries -- Human rights and the third pillar / Steve Peers -- Access to justice as a human right: the European Convention and European Union / Carol Harlow -- Gender equality in the EU: a balance sheet / Catherine Barnard -- The human rights of people with disabilities under EU law / Gerard Quinn -- The internal and external 'other' in the Union legal order: racism, religious intolerance and xenophobia in Europe / Conor A. Gearty -- Non-Communitarians: refugee and asylum policies / Gregor Noll and Jens Vedsted-Hansen