National Versus the Foreigner in South America - 200 Years of Migration and Citizenship Law

A historical and comparative analysis investigating two hundred years of migration and citizenship laws in South America.

List of contents

1. South America's central role in migration and citizenship law; Part I. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: 2. Open borders in the nineteenth century: constructing the national, the citizen and the foreigner; 3. The construction of the Hispano-American legal figure in the nineteenth century; 4. The legal construction of the foreigner as undesirable in twentieth century South America; Part II. Consolidation and Transition into the Twenty-First Century: 5. The construction of the irregular immigrant: the principle of non-criminalisation of undocumented migration; 6. The right to migrate as a fundamental right? The construction of the foreigner through equal treatment; 7. Open borders and the construction of a South American citizen; 8. Conclusion: constructing and deconstructing the foreigner: an innovative and exceptional approach?

About the author

Diego Acosta is a Reader in European and Migration Law at the University of Bristol.

Summary

This book analyses the legal construction of the national and the foreigner in ten countries across South America during a period of two hundred years. It will be of interest to migration and citizenship scholars interested in global, regional, comparative, historical and constitutional developments.

Product details

• Authors: Diego Acosta, Diego (University of Bristol) Acosta, Acosta Diego
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108442664
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44266-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Law in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties