Abdulaziz Sachedina, Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights
Abstract
HRLR 11 (2011), 195^210 sometimes simultaneously, both within and across chapters and sections of the book. For the sake of clarity, the text may have benefited from a more linear and distinct discussion of issues and themes. The fact that Westraâs own chapter synopses, contained in the prologue, do not accurately represent their contents suggests that there were difficulties in finalising the structure of the book. Without wishing to further labour the point, it must be noted that these stylistic and structural issues, although not fatal to the value of the text as a whole, detract greatly from its utility. As a result of these difficulties, I would suggest that this text is not suitable as an introduction to the difficult area of environmental displacement/migration. However, the value of Westraâs text lies in the radical perspective that the author brings to the subject. Westra, through her advocacy of justice as the source of the lawâs validity, presents a challenge to the existing law, its practice and normative foundations, and in so doing provides much timely and valuable food for thought for all students and academics engaged in the field. Kieren McGuffin PhD Candidate School of Law, University of