The British Immigration Courts ：A study of law and politics

Publication subTitle ：A study of law and politics

Author： Travers   Max (Editor)  

Publisher： Policy Press‎

Publication year： 1999

E-ISBN: 9781847425027

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781861341723

Subject： C91 Sociology

Keyword： Ethnic studies

Language： ENG

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The British Immigration Courts

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.

Chapter

THE BRITISH IMMIGRATION COURTS

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Sociology and immigration

2. Researching a court-system

3. The appeals process

4. The primary purpose rule and the courts

5. Political asylum and the courts

6. The courts as an administrative problem

7. Immigration as a political issue

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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