This edited collection examines the growing uncertainty about the role and scope of traditional political rights in the 21st Century's increased threat of terrorism. It reflects on the appropriate scope and strength of protection of political rights in a wider global context, and covers issues such as the rise of 'militant democracies' and the effectiveness of the Council of Europe's monitoring mechanisms.

Wojciech Sadurski is Head of the Department of Law, European University Institute, Florence, and Professor of Legal Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Law

• 1: Wojciech Sadurski: Introduction


• 2: Michel Rosenfeld: A Pluralist Theory of Political Rights in the Times of Stress


• 3: Victor Ferreres Comella: Freedom of Expression in Political Contexts: Some Reflections on the Case Law of the European Court of Justice


• 4: Eva Brems: Freedom of Political Association and the Question of Party Closures


• 5: Jiri Priban and Wojciech Sadurski: The Role of Political Rights in Democratization of Central and Eastern Europe


• 6: Gwendolyn Sasse: The Political Rights of National Minorities: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe