| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2013037552 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781107688421 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781107012516 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
341.486 HA LA |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Hathaway, James C. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The law of refugee status |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
James C. Hathaway and Michelle Foster |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Cambridge : |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date |
2015. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
lxxxi, 693 p. ; |
| Size |
25 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Alienage; 2. Well-founded fear; 3. Serious harm; 4. Failure of state protection; 5. Nexus to civil or political status; 6. Persons no longer needing protection; 7. Persons not deserving protection. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
"Refugee law may be the world's most powerful international human rights mechanism. Not only do millions of people invoke its protections every year in countries spanning the globe, but they do so on the basis of a self-actuating mechanism of international law that, quite literally, allows at-risk persons to vote with their feet. This is because, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ("UNHCR") has insisted, refugee status is not a status that is granted by states; it is rather simply recognized by them"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Refugees |
| Geographic |
Legal status, laws, etc. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights |
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| Name |
Foster, Michelle |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/15dbxgfo8qabu6tmc3g5tvw68u9afpal |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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7458 |