Following the events of September 11, a new legal order is emerging in which the 'terrorist threat' has been used as justification to marginalise human rights.

This collection of themed essays offers an emphatic defence to the threats confronting our human rights culture. In analysing the role of the United Nations, the conduct of the Afghan war, domestic anti-terrorist legislation and the new debate about Islamic law, Law after Ground Zero demonstrates the future challenges that law will face within our global society. It also offers accounts of how events have impacted on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Iraq and Afghanistan itself, as well as debates about international law, human rights and women's rights.

This unique work will interest those studying or researching in the areas of international law, human rights and humanitarian law, international relations, politics, critical legal studies, Islamic law, culture and socio-legal studies.

All in all this book that will provide a useful contribution to the literature on September the 11. The best chapters in the book raise stimulating issues that all those interested in September 11 need to carefully consider.'European Journal of International Law, June 2004, Vol 15.

John Strawson teaches Law and Middle East Studies at the School of Law, University of East London, where he is Coordinator of the Encountering Legal Cultures research group.