Includes bibliographical references and index.

Law, rights and justice in late modern society : a tentative theoretical framework / Reza Banakar -- A sociological critique of rights / Max Travers -- The "rights" conundrum : poverty of philosophy amidst poverty / Radha D'Souza -- Dangerous rights : of citizens and humans / Kate Nash -- The neglected minority : the penurious human rights of artists / Paul Kearns -- Truth and myth in critical theory / Eric Heinze -- Defacing Muslim women : dialectical meanings of dress in the body politic / Susan Edwards -- Beyond the sacred and secular : Muslim women, the law and the delivery of justice / Samia Bano -- The rights to be different : the position of Muslim migrants in the Netherlands / Halleh Ghorashi -- It's not about free expression : a sociological examination of the Danish cartoon controversy / Sarah Dreier -- Pre-empting terrorism? Two case studies of UK's anti-terrorism legislation / Reza Banakar -- Human rights strategies in an age of counter-terrorism / Daniel Moeckli -- "Terrorist lists" and procedural human rights : a collision between UN law, EU law, and Strasbourg law? / Bill Bowring -- Human security and international law : much ado about nothing? / Emma McClean -- Rights and diverse effects in EC law : a Hohfeldian approach to the doctrine of direct effect of directives / Joxerramon Bengoetxea and Niilo J�a�askinen -- Investor's rights to disclosure of complex financial instruments : a risk symmetric analysis / Joseph Tanega -- Women, culture and human rights : feminist interventions in human rights law? / Harriet Samuels -- Rights and responsibilities / Hanne Petersen.

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