Immigration and Refugee Law is the most up-to-date book of its kind. This ambitious text surveys the historical origins of contemporary immigration and refugee law. Using carefully selected excerpts from the writings of leading scholars, and commentary by the learned author team, this casebook provides several theoretical frameworks for normative critique, offering students various perspectives in a cohesive and comprehensible manner.

National migration law and policy is examined in a global context, and brings to the surface race, gender, and class dimensions.

Current issues of domestic refugee law and pressures on the international refugee regime are explored. The authors also highlight the links between security concerns and immigration post 9/11, and draw connections to broader trends.

• Establishes the building blocks of Canadian immigration and refugee law, as taught at most Canadian law schools.
• Explores current issues of domestic refugee law and pressures on the international refugee regime.
• Highlights the links between security concerns and immigration post 9/11, and draw connections to broader trends.
• Includes a series of thought-provoking questions and/or case studies to stimulate class discussion.
• Examines national migration law and policy in a global context, and brings to the surface race, gender, and class dimension.
• Offers numerous website references, graphs, charts, and statistical lists illustrating immigration patterns.
• Explores the historical origins of immigration and refugee laws.
• Features a team of authors from several of Canada's leading law schools.

CHAPTER 1 Context

• Historical Highlights
• Historical Snapshots
• Immigration and Women
• Immigration and Diversity
• Global Dimensions of Migration

CHAPTER 2 Theoretical Perspectives: Liberal Debates and Challenges

• Sovereignty
• Open Borders and the Role of Justice in Immigration

CHAPTER 3 Status

• Citizenship
• Permanent Resident Status
• Foreign National Status

CHAPTER 4 Constitutional, Administrative, and International Review

• Constitutional Review
• Administrative Review
• International Review

CHAPTER 5 Temporary Residents

• Temporary Residence Status: General Requirements
• Temporary Workers: Workers in the Chronic Shortage Sector Students
• Judicial Deference
• Breach of Conditions

CHAPTER 6 Selecting Permanent Residents: The Economic Class

• Skilled Workers
• Provincial and Territorial Nominee Class
• Quebec-Selected Immigration
• Evaluating the Skilled Worker Program
• A Comparative Perspective
• Business Class

CHAPTER 7 Family Class

• Who Is Family?
• Sponsorship

CHAPTER 8 Refugees: The International Context

• The 1951 Refugee Convention
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Interdiction
• Reform of the International Refugee Regime

CHAPTER 9 Refugee Definition

• Before and After the Determination of Refugee Status
• The Refugee Protection Hearing
• Elements of the Refugee Definition
• Exclusion Clauses
• Cessation Clauses
• Consolidated Grounds
• Canada and Refugees

CHAPTER 10 Enforcement

• Sovereignty and Border Control
• Inadmissibility and Removal
• Security Certificates, Danger Opinions, Withholding Evidence, and Detention

June 2007 Update (DOC)

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