Sovereignty, Migration and the Law - The Exclusion of Non-Citizens

This book examines how states justify the creation of physical, policy and legislative barriers of entry for migrants by drawing on a concept of sovereignty.

List of contents

Part One: The Theoretical, International and Historical Context 1 Introduction 2 Defining Sovereignty at the Nexus of Globalisation and Migration 3 Globalisation as a Threat to Sovereignty in the 21st Century 4 Migration Law and Sovereignty in Australia: 1901, 1958, 1978 Part Two: How Sovereignty is Used to Justify Exclusion 5 The Clash of Neoliberalism and Sovereignty 6 Sovereignty to Justify 'Keeping Out' and 'Kicking Out' 7 Values Revealed: Australian Values and Amendments to the Migration Act 1958, 2000-2020 Part Three: The Anachronism of a Sovereignty that Justifies Exclusion 8 Sovereignty of Exclusion and the Rule of Law 9 Conclusion

About the author

Patricia Rushton is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia and of the High Court of Australia and practices law at Beena Rezaee Legal and Migration. She is also an occasional lecturer at the College of Business Government and Law, Flinders University, Australia.

Summary

This book examines how states justify the creation of physical, policy and legislative barriers of entry for migrants by drawing on a concept of sovereignty.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Rushton, Rushton Patricia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032849676
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284967-6
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, International Relations, International Law, Colonialism & imperialism, Migration, immigration & emigration, Political Economy, Migration, immigration and emigration, Colonialism and imperialism, Asylum Law