Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law
Title | Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Fordham |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 180 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Alien detention centers |
ISBN | 9781905221530 |
Immigration Detention
Title | Immigration Detention PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Wilsher |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 421 |
Release | 2011-10-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139501356 |
The liberal legal ideal of protection of the individual against administrative detention without trial is embodied in the habeas corpus tradition. However, the use of detention to control immigration has gone from a wartime exception to normal practice, thus calling into question modern states' adherence to the rule of law. Daniel Wilsher traces how modern states have come to use long-term detention of immigrants without judicial control. He examines the wider emerging international human rights challenge presented by detention based upon protecting 'national sovereignty' in an age of global migration. He explores the vulnerable political status of immigrants and shows how attempts to close liberal societies can create 'unwanted persons' who are denied fundamental rights. To conclude, he proposes a set of standards to ensure that efforts to control migration, including the use of detention, conform to principles of law and uphold basic rights regardless of immigration status.
Migrating to Prison
Title | Migrating to Prison PDF eBook |
Author | César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández |
Publisher | The New Press |
Total Pages | 152 |
Release | 2023-10-03 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1620978350 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A powerful, in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants, addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system, with a new epilogue by the author “Argues compellingly that immigrant advocates shouldn’t content themselves with debates about how many thousands of immigrants to lock up, or other minor tweaks.” —Gus Bova, Texas Observer For most of America’s history, we simply did not lock people up for migrating here. Yet over the last thirty years, the federal and state governments have increasingly tapped their powers to incarcerate people accused of violating immigration laws. Migrating to Prison takes a hard look at the immigration prison system’s origins, how it currently operates, and why. A leading voice for immigration reform, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández explores the emergence of immigration imprisonment in the mid-1980s and looks at both the outsized presence of private prisons and how those on the political right continue, disingenuously, to link immigration imprisonment with national security risks and threats to the rule of law. Now with an epilogue that brings it into the Biden administration, Migrating to Prison is an urgent call for the abolition of immigration prisons and a radical reimagining of who belongs in the United States.
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law
Title | Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Kneebone |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 357 |
Release | 2009-03-19 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0521889359 |
An assessment of the impact of asylum on the integrity of the rule of law in five common law jurisdictions.
Inside Immigration Detention
Title | Inside Immigration Detention PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Bosworth |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 305 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0199675473 |
As states around the globe detain foreigners in greater numbers, a critical, academic examination of the social and cultural world of immigration detention centres is long overdue. This groundbreaking study based on extensive fieldwork in the British system unveils the world of immigration detention - its culture, politics, and impact on detainees.
Immigration and American Democracy
Title | Immigration and American Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Koulish |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 238 |
Release | 2010-02-05 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1135843317 |
While immigration embodies America’s rhetorical commitment to democracy, it also showcases abysmal failures in democratic practice. Koulish examines these failures in terms of excessive executive powers circumventing the constitution, privatization, and right-wing subversion of local democracy.
United States Code
Title | United States Code PDF eBook |
Author | United States |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1508 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Law |
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