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Record Nr.

UNINA9910563099003321

Autore

Webber Frances

Titolo

Borderline justice : the fight for refugee and migrant rights / / Frances Webber ; foreword by Gareth Peirce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-84964-770-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 246 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

PeirceGareth

Disciplina

362.89912

Soggetti

Civil rights

Immigration enforcement - Government policy - Great Britain

Border security - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain

Border security - Great Britain

Political refugees - Great Britain

Emigration and immigration law - Great Britain

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Immigration & Emigration

Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Borderline Justice describes the exclusionary policies, inhumane decisions and obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the British legal system.    Frances Webber, a long-standing legal practitioner, reveals how the law has been (mis)applied to migrants, refugees and other 'unpopular minorities'. This book records some of the key legal struggles of the past thirty years which have sought to preserve values of universality in human rights - and the importance of continuing to fight for those values, inside and outside the courtroom.    The themes and analysis cross boundaries of law, politics, sociology, criminology, refugee studies and terrorism studies, appealing to the radical tradition in all these disciplines.