Citizenship and nationality law

The ease of transportation, the opening of international immigration policies, the growing refugee movements, and the increasing size of unauthorized immigrant populations suggest that immigration worldwide is a phenomenon of utmost importance to professionals who develop policies and programs for, or provide services to, immigrants.

American identity has always been capacious as a concept but narrow in its application.

In "e;Letter from Birmingham Jail,"e; Martin Luther King, Jr.

In The Oxford Handbook of the Politics of International Migration, leading migration experts Marc Rosenblum and Daniel Tichenor gather together 29 field specialists in an authoritative volume on the issue.

In Humanity's Law, renowned legal scholar Ruti Teitel offers a powerful account of one of the central transformations of the post-Cold War era: the profound normative shift in the international legal order from prioritizing state security to protecting human security.

In this groundbreaking work, Kamal Sadiq reveals that most of the world's illegal immigrants are not migrating directly to the US, but to countries in the vast developing world, where they are able to obtain citizenship papers fairly easily.

A surprisingly understudied topic in international relations is gender-based asylum.

In 1975, Texas adopted a law allowing school districts to bar children from public schools if they were in the United States unlawfully.

In 1975, Texas adopted a law allowing school districts to bar children from public schools if they were in the United States unlawfully.

International law provides states with a common definition of a "e;refugee"e; as well as guidelines outlining how asylum claims should be decided.

On May 17, 1954, in Brown v.

Although America is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, its immigration policies have inspired more questions than consensus on who should be admitted and what the path to citizenship should be.

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Pornography has long proven a polarizing and vexing subject in legal and feminist debates.

Pornography has long proven a polarizing and vexing subject in legal and feminist debates.

The irreparable injury rule says that courts will not grant an equitable remedy to prevent harm if it would be adequate to let the harm happen and grant the legal remedy of money damages.

This book resituates some familiar nineteenth-century texts within the context of public debates about the place of American Indians in the civil and cultural institutions of the new American nation.

From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation.

When it comes to race and racial issues these are strange times for all Americans.

Policing the Borders Within offers an in-depth, comprehensive exploration of the everyday working of inland border controls in Britain, informed by extensive empirical material viewed through the lens of wide-ranging interdisciplinary debates.

Policing the Borders Within offers an in-depth, comprehensive exploration of the everyday working of inland border controls in Britain, informed by extensive empirical material viewed through the lens of wide-ranging interdisciplinary debates.

The European Court of Justice has been celebrated as a central force in the creation and deepening of the EU internal market.

The European Court of Justice has been celebrated as a central force in the creation and deepening of the EU internal market.

This book analyses the legal framework for refugee protection in Africa, including both refugee and human rights law as well as treaty and institutional elements.

This book analyses the legal framework for refugee protection in Africa, including both refugee and human rights law as well as treaty and institutional elements.

The criminalization of migration is heavily patterned by race.

The criminalization of migration is heavily patterned by race.

Contrary to predictions that it would become increasingly redundant in a globalizing world, citizenship is back with a vengeance.

Contrary to predictions that it would become increasingly redundant in a globalizing world, citizenship is back with a vengeance.

Focussing on access to territory and authorization of presence and residence for third-country nationals, this book examines the EU law on immigration and asylum, addressing related questions of security of residence.

Focussing on access to territory and authorization of presence and residence for third-country nationals, this book examines the EU law on immigration and asylum, addressing related questions of security of residence.

On any given day nearly 3000 foreign national citizens are detained under immigration powers in UK detention centres alone.

On any given day nearly 3000 foreign national citizens are detained under immigration powers in UK detention centres alone.

The Borders of Punishment: Migration, Citizenship, and Social Exclusion critically assesses the relationship between immigration control, citizenship, and criminal justice.

The Borders of Punishment: Migration, Citizenship, and Social Exclusion critically assesses the relationship between immigration control, citizenship, and criminal justice.

The Cultural Defense of Nations presents a timely, thought-provoking thesis on some of the most pressing issues of our time-global immigration, majority groups, and national identity.

The Cultural Defense of Nations presents a timely, thought-provoking thesis on some of the most pressing issues of our time-global immigration, majority groups, and national identity.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

We are currently witnessing the global diffusion of multiculturalism, both as a political discourse and as a set of international legal norms.

Us and Them?

Developed countries, especially in Europe, face a number of issue related to migration: social and economic disruptions caused by the declining demand for unskilled labour and resulting unemployment, a shortage of skilled labour in many professions, increasing international competition for highly qualified human capital, radical demographic changes, and the forthcoming expansion of the European Union, which will trigger further immigration into major European countries and create new market opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.

We are currently witnessing the global diffusion of multiculturalism, both as a political discourse and as a set of international legal norms.

Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from "e;the people"e; - is the cardinal doctrine of modern constitutional theory, placing full constitutional authority in the people at large, rather than in the hands of judges, kings, or a political elite.

Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from "e;the people"e; - is the cardinal doctrine of modern constitutional theory, placing full constitutional authority in the people at large, rather than in the hands of judges, kings, or a political elite.

Despite nearly sixty years of European integration, neither nations nor national loyalties have withered away.

Despite nearly sixty years of European integration, neither nations nor national loyalties have withered away.

The EU Citizenship Directive defines the right of free movement for citizens of the European Economic Area.

The UK has some of the largest immigration detention facilities in Europe, holding as many as 3000 individuals at any point in time.

The UK has some of the largest immigration detention facilities in Europe, holding as many as 3000 individuals at any point in time.