Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law

Herausgeber: Kneebone, Susan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume compares how asylum law issues have tested and impacted upon the Rule of Law in five common law jurisdictions: the UK, Australia, Canada, the USA and New Zealand. It explains the international context for these issues and evaluates the responses of the jurisdictions from a human rights perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9780521889353
• ISBN-10: 0521889359
• Artikelnr.: 25695566

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - refugees and asylum seekers in the international context:
rights and realities Susan Kneebone; 1. The rule of law and the role of
law: refugees and asylum seekers Susan Kneebone; 2. Asylum and the rule of
law in Canada: hearing the other (side) Audrey Macklin; 3. Refugees, asylum
and the rule of law in the USA Stephen H. Legomsky; 4. The Australian
story: asylum seekers outside the law Susan Kneebone; 5. The intersection
between the international, the regional and the domestic: seeking asylum in
the United Kingdom Maria O'Sullivan; 6. Conclusions on the rule of law
Susan Kneebone; Appendix.