Refugees, asylum seekers and the rule of law : comparative perspectives

Edited by Susan Kneebone
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

ISBN: 9780521889353

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Book description
Contributors to this volume examine how the legislative, executive and administrative arms of government have responded to issues concerning the rights and status of refugees and asylum seekers in five common law jurisdictions: the UK, Australia, Canada, the USA and New Zealand.
Who and what determines the legislative agenda in this context? Is the legislative agenda driven by the legislators or by the executive? Where does the ‘community’ fit into this picture? Together the essays explain the international context for the responses of the jurisdictions, evaluate the responses from a human rights perspective and assess the integrity and coherency of legal responses as shown by their impact on the rule of law.

About the author
Dr Susan Kneebone is Professor of Law and a Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law, Monash University.

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