Asylum & Immigration Law Books

New and Published Books

1. On the Right of Exclusion

   Law, Ethics and Immigration Policy

   By Bas Schotel

   On the Right of Exclusion: Law, Ethics and Immigration Policy addresses Western immigration policies regarding so-called ‘normal migrants’, i.e. migrants without a legal right to admission. The book argues that if authorities cannot substantially justify the exclusion of a normal migrant, the...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Interpreting Justice

   Ethics, Politics and Language

   By Moira Inghilleri

   Series: Routledge Advances in Translation Studies

   In this timely study, Inghilleri examines the interface between ethics, language, and politics during acts of interpreting, with reference to two particular sites of transnational conflict: the political and judicial context of asylum adjudication and the geo-political context of war. The book...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
3. Are Human Rights for Migrants?

   Critical Reflections on the Status of Irregular Migrants in Europe and the United States

   Edited by Marie-Benedicte Dembour, Tobias Kelly

   Human rights seemingly offer universal protection. However, irregular migrants have, at best, only problematic access to human rights. Whether understood as an ethical injunction or legally codified norm, the promised protection of human rights seems to break down when it comes to the lived...

   Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Sanctuary Practices in International Perspectives

   Migration, Citizenship and Social Movements

   Edited by Randy Lippert, Sean Rehaag

   Sanctuary Practices in International Perspectives examines the diverse, complex, and mutating practice of providing sanctuary to asylum-seekers. The ancient tradition of church sanctuary underwent a revival in the late 1970s. Immigrants living without legal status and their supporters, first in the...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Regulating the International Movement of Women

   From Protection to Control

   Edited by Sharron FitzGerald

   The question of how to conceptualize the relationships between governments and the everyday lives of women has long been the focus of attention among feminists. Feminist scholarship critiques women’s lives, experiences and gender inequality in a variety of contexts. In this age of increased...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. Cultural Expertise and Litigation

   Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives

   Edited by Livia Holden

   Cultural Expertise and Litigation addresses the role of social scientists as a source of expert evidence, and is a product of their experiences and observations of cases involving litigants of South Asian origin. What is meant in court by "culture," "custom" and "law"? How are these concepts...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. Policing Global Movement

   Tourism, Migration, Human Trafficking, and Terrorism

   Edited by S. Caroline Taylor, Daniel Joseph Torpy, Dilip K. Das

   The movement of humans across borders is increasing exponentially—some for benign reasons, others nefarious, including terrorism, human trafficking, and people smuggling. Consequently, the policing of human movement within and across borders has been and remains a significant concern to nations....

   Published September 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
8. Migration, Family and the Welfare State

   Integrating Migrants and Refugees in Scandinavia

   Edited by Karen Fog Olwig, Birgitte Romme Larsen, Mikkel Rytter

   Migration, Family and the Welfare State explores understandings and practices of integration in the Scandinavian welfare societies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden through a comprehensive range of detailed ethnographic studies. Chapters examine discourses, policies and programs of integration in the...

   Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge
9. UNHCR and International Refugee Law

   From Treaties to Innovation

   By Corinne Lewis

   Series: Routledge Research in International Law

   This book considers the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ contribution to international refugee law since the establishment of UNHCR by the United Nations General Assembly in 1951. The book explores the historical and statutory foundations that create an indelible link between UNHCR...

   Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
10. Reworking the Relationship between Asylum and Employment

    By Penelope Mathew

    Touching on the laws and practices of a wide array of countries around the globe, this book examines the extent to which refugees and asylum-seekers’ right to work is protected by international human rights law. The book examines a number of key international treaties, national constitutions and...

    Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge