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Informationen zum Autor Eve Lester is a public and international lawyer with a background in refugee, migration and human rights law, policy and practice spanning more than twenty-five years. An independent scholar and consultant, her work has taken her to Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Pacific in a range of capacities in the non-government sector, with the United Nations, and as an independent adviser to governments. She has taught at the Australian Catholic University, the Australian National University, Canberra, the International Institute for Humanitarian Law, Italy, New York University, and the University of New South Wales. Klappentext This thought-provoking study examines the backstory and enduring contemporary effects of Australia's claim to an absolute right to exclude foreigners. Zusammenfassung Australia is the site for some of the world's harshest asylum policies. Eve Lester asks how Australian migration law has made such policies thinkable. Her findings provoke a new consciousness about Australia's responses to unsolicited migration. They also provide a clarion call to others not to emulate the Australian example. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Prologue: living realities; 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Early international law and the foreigner; 3. A common law doctrine of sovereignty; 4. A constitutionalisation of sovereignty; Part II: Introduction to Part II: 5. Mandatory detention; 6. Planned destitution; 7. Conclusion; Epilogue: a campaign to 'stop the boats'; Bibliography; Index.
