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The British Immigration Courts: A Study of Law and Politics

By Max Travers

Book information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2009
ISBN
1861341725, 9781861341723
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
799 kB (818356 bytes)
Pages
208\209
Time added
2014-08-09 06:22:01

Description

Immigration has been a controversial and contentious area of public policy since the Commonwealth Immigration Act ended most primary immigration in 1962. This study looks in detail at the work of practioners in the court-system that hears appeals from immigrants and asylum seekers against decisions made by the British Government. The book contains chapters about decision making in primary purpose and the asylum appeals, the administrative problems faced by successive British governments, and the perspectives of pressure groups and politicians. The British Immigration Courts transforms our understanding of immigration as a political issue through preserving a sense of routine work in the courts, civil service and political process which is ignored or idealised by other approaches. It is essential reading for practioners, academics and students interested in current debates about policy. First published in 1999.

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