Introduction : the judicial deconstruction of Union citizenship / Daniel Thym -- Extending citizenship rights and losing it all : brexit and the perils of "over-constitutionalisation" / Susanne K Schmidt -- The citizenship of personal circumstances in Europe / Dimitry Kochenov -…
"African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. This is the first book to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to Afr…
"A comprehensive investigation of slave escape in antebellum Florida. This gripping study examines slave resistance and protest in antebellum Florida and its local and national impact from 1821 to 1865. Using a variety of sources such as slaveholders' wills and probate records, …
In this eloquent book, Alan Dowty traces how different countries, throughout history, have dealt with movement in and out of their borders. He explores why governments resort to restrictive measures, and describes the effects these policies have had. Offering poignant examples a…
by Röder, Werner, Strauss, Herbert Arthur, Institut für Zeitgeschichte München–Berlin, Claus, Sybille, Schmidt, Beatrix, Research Foundation for Jewish Immigration (N.Y.), Niederland, Daniel
Cassandra Pybus adds greatly to the work of [previous] scholars by insisting that slaves stand at the center of their own history ... Her 'biographies' of flight expose the dangers that escape entailed and the courage it took to risk all for freedom. Only by measuring those dang…
During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled their masters to find freedom with the British. Having emancipated themselves--and with the rhetoric about the inalienable rights of free men ringing in their ears--these men and women struggled tenaciously to make liberty…
The international refugee regime is fundamentally broken. Designed in the wake of World War II to provide protection and assistance, the system is unable to address the record numbers of persons displaced by conflict and violence today. States have put up fences and adopted poli…
