Critical issues in international refugee law : strategies toward interpretative harmony /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	xxi, 217 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. Asylum, Right of. Asylum, Right of. Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8140993

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Other authors / contributors:	Simeon, James C.
ISBN:	9780521199520 0521199522
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"--

Table of Contents:

Notes on contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: the research workshop on critical issues in international refugee law and strategies towards interpretative harmony
1. From refugee to judge of refugee law
2. Individual risk, armed conflict and the standard of proof in complementary protection claims: the European Union and Canada compared
3. Running scared since 9/11: refugees, UNHCR and the purposive approach to treaty interpretation
4. Asymmetrical sovereignty and the refugee: diplomatic assurances and the failure of due process
5. Economic harm as a basis for refugee status and the application of human rights law to the interpretation of economic persecution
6. The fragmented nature of the international refugee regime and its consequences: a comparative analysis of the applications of the 1951 convention
Index

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