Immigration crises faced by the United States today show the interplay between areas of global law and policy that might at first glance seem quite disparate--economic law, human rights and refugee law, and criminal law relating to the trafficking and smuggling of migrants. This book is largely dedicated to unpacking those dynamics and ultimately argues that reform efforts must be expanded. Using as a central case study how international law relates to the irregular labor migration of undocumented migrant farm workers in upstate New York, this book examines the conditions for entry of these workers, for their residence and work while in the US, and finally what happens if they are apprehended and subject to expulsion. The author aims to show that the presence of these migrants can be significantly attributed to dynamics flowing from international economic law, and that the interaction of international economic law with international human rights, refugee, labor and criminal law in defining their legal rights and remedies is often incoherent. As such, this wave of irregular migration might be seen as the product of a "perfect storm" in international law: a vexed and unstable relationship between disparate regimes that propels dynamic population movements without just and orderly means of protection.
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Immigration crises faced by the United States today show the interplay between areas of global law and policy that might at first glance seem quite disparate--economic law, human rights and refugee law, and criminal law relating to the trafficking and smuggling of migrants. This book is largely dedicated to unpacking those dynamics and ultimately argues that reform efforts must be expanded.
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Table of Abbreviations Table of Cases Table of Statutes and Other Legislative Materials Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments Note on Citation Style Chapter 1. The Problem: Irregular Migration Chapter 2. Fragmentation: International Law Standards on the Rights and Treatment of Irregular Migrants Chapter 3. Asymmetry: Irregular Migration as an Effect of International Economic Law Chapter 4. Exclusion: Immigration Crises in International Law Chapter 5. Conclusions Bibliography Index
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Selling point: Reviews the history of international law to identify the bases for migrant rights Selling point: Drawing on the concept of legal realism, argues that immigration laws result in enslavement of undocumented migrant workers Selling point: Presents strategies and arguments for reform aimed at resolving the issue of irregular migration
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Chantal Thomas is Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, where she also directs the Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa.
Selling point: Reviews the history of international law to identify the bases for migrant rights Selling point: Drawing on the concept of legal realism, argues that immigration laws result in enslavement of undocumented migrant workers Selling point: Presents strategies and arguments for reform aimed at resolving the issue of irregular migration
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ISBN
9780190908775
Publisert
2019
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Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
3 gr
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235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
368

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Chantal Thomas is Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, where she also directs the Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa.