Critical Issues in International Refugee Law (eBook, ePUB)

Strategies toward Interpretative Harmony
Redaktion: Simeon, James C.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of essays examines key cutting-edge areas of international refugee law, including strategies for interpretative harmony, the rights of refugees and the standard of proof in complementary protection. Each topic is examined from a theoretical and a practical perspective in order to find solutions to the many legal issues and concerns which currently confront this area of law, and to seek ways to advance the field as a whole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511849145
• Artikelnr.: 52842321

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the research workshop on critical issues in international
refugee law and strategies towards interpretative harmony James C. Simeon;
2. From refugee to judge: on refugee law Justice Albie Sachs; 3. The impact
of the standard of proof on complementary protection claims: comparative
approaches in the European Union and Canada Jane McAdam; 4. Running scared
since 9/11: refugees, UNHCR and the purposive approach to treaty
interpretation Geoff Gilbert; 5. Asymmetrical sovereignty and the refugee:
diplomatic assurances and the failure of due process, Agiza v. Sweden and
Alzery v. Sweden Elspeth Guild; 6. Economic harm as a basis for refugee
status and the application of human rights law to the interpretation of
economic persecution Kate Jastram; 7. The fragmented nature of the
international refugee regime and its consequences: a comparative analysis
of the applications of the 1951 Convention Nergis Canefe.