Law and Asylum: Space, Subject, Resistance

ISBN-13: 9780367900274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 270 str.

Simon Behrman

Opis

In contrast to the claim that refugee law has been key in guaranteeing protection for refugees, this book argues that law has been instrumental in eliminating spaces of protection, not just from one’s persecutors, but also from the grasp of sovereign power.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I – The Space of Asylum; 1: The Rise and Fall of Asylum in Antiquity; 2: Sanctuary in England; Part II – The Creation of the Refugee Subject; 3: The Nation-State Origins of Refugee Law; 4: The Evolution and Impact of International Refugee Law; Part III – Resistance: Grassroots Asylum; 5: The US Sanctuary Movement; 6: The Sans-Papiers; Conclusion;

O autorze

Simon Behrman is lecturer in law at Royal Holloway, University of London.