Migration and International Legal Norms
 

Edited by: T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Vincent Chetail

Tens of millions of people cross international borders every year. What norms of international law govern their movement? 
Migration and International Legal Norms provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the source and scope of international law on migration. Chapters written by experts from around the world explore international norms on state authority to regulate migration, freedom of movement, forced migration, human rights, family unification, trafficking and smuggling of migrants, national security, rescue at sea, health, development, integration, and nationality.
Migration and International Legal Norms shows that, despite the absence of a comprehensive legal instrument governing international migration, there is a wide range of legal norms relevant to migration embodied in multilateral treaties and conventions, regional agreements, and customary international law. The volume also identifies some significant gaps in international law, recommending areas for further cooperative efforts.
The book will be of interest to scholars and policy-makers, and also to all persons interested in how the community of nations is responding to the increasingly significant phenomenon of international migration.

T. Alexander Aleinikoff is professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and Senior Associate at the Migration Policy Institute, Washington, D.C. Vincent Chetail is lecturer in international law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies and consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva.

Summary of Contents
Foreword by J-D. Gerber
Foreword by B. McKinley

2003, ISBN 90-6704-157-2 / 978-90-6704-157-7
382 pp., hardcover
USD 110.00 / GBP 70.00

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