Immigration & Asylum Law

The definitive textbook for this fast-moving area of law, expertly guiding students through the key issues of immigration and asylum in the modern world. Clear analysis and commentary on the political and social impact of the law encourages the reader to develop a critical mindset.

List of contents

• Section 1. Laying the Foundations


• 1: History and sources of immigration law


• 2: Policy, politics, and the media


• 3: Nationality, citizenship, and right of abode


• Section 2. Enabling Principles: EU Free Movement and Human Rights


• 4: Freedom of movement for EU nationals


• 5: Immigration law and human rights


• Section 3. The System of Immigration Control


• 6: Crossing the border and leave to remain


• 7: Challenging decisions: appeals, administrative and judicial review


• Section 4. Entry to the UK


• 8: Family life


• 9: Entry for work, business, and study: the points-based system


• 10: Visitors: entry for temporary purposes


• Section 5. The Asylum Claim


• 11: The asylum process


• 12: Claims for international protection


• 13: Exclusion from asylum


• Section 6. Enforcement


• 14: Detention


• 15: Deportation


• 16: Removal

About the author

The late Gina Clayton has been an independent researcher, facilitator and writer on asylum and migration projects, including reports for the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the AIDA database, a trustee of refugee charities in South Yorkshire, she was recently part of the team at Sheffield Hallam University Refugee Law Clinic, specialising in refugee family reunion.

Georgina Firth is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University. She previously worked as a barrister at Garden Court North Chambers.

Summary

The definitive textbook for this fast-moving area of law, expertly guiding students through the key issues of immigration and asylum in the modern world. Clear analysis and commentary on the political and social impact of the law encourages the reader to develop a critical mindset.

Product details

• Authors: Gina Clayton, Gina (Senior Lecturer in Refugee Law Clayton, Clayton Gina, Georgina Firth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2021
• EAN: 9780198848936
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884893-6
• No. of pages: 680
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; England, Wales, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Civil Rights, Social Law, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Citizenship and nationality law, Citizenship & nationality law, Social law and Medical law, Wales / Cymru