Immigration detention : law, history, politics / by Daniel Wilsher.
2012
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Title
Immigration detention : law, history, politics / by Daniel Wilsher.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 396 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction and overview : free movement of persons and liberty of the person
The creation of immigration detention : from free movement to regulated borders in America and the United Kingdom
Modern immigration detention and the rise of the permanent bureaucratic enterprise
International law and immigration detention : between territorial sovereignty and emerging human rights norms
Negotiating detention within the European Union : redefining friends and enemies
Security and immigration detention : the problem of internment in peacetime
Global migration and the politics of immigration detention
Restoring the rule of law and influencing politics : placing boundaries around detention.
The creation of immigration detention : from free movement to regulated borders in America and the United Kingdom
Modern immigration detention and the rise of the permanent bureaucratic enterprise
International law and immigration detention : between territorial sovereignty and emerging human rights norms
Negotiating detention within the European Union : redefining friends and enemies
Security and immigration detention : the problem of internment in peacetime
Global migration and the politics of immigration detention
Restoring the rule of law and influencing politics : placing boundaries around detention.
Summary
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.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511794360 ebook
9781107005761 (hardback)
9781107417021 (paperback)
9781107005761 (hardback)
9781107417021 (paperback)
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