The liberty of non-citizens : indefinite detention in Commonwealth countries /

The book addresses the legality of indefinite detention in countries including Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada, enabling a rich cross-fertilisation of experiences and discourses. The issue has arisen where a government is frustrated in its ability to remove a non-citizen subject to a remova...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thwaites, Rayner (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2014.
Subjects:
Detention of persons > Commonwealth countries.
Human rights > Commonwealth countries.
Indeterminate sentences > Commonwealth countries.
Extradition > Commonwealth countries.
Asylum, Right of > Commonwealth countries.
Deportation > Commonwealth countries.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Pays du Commonwealth.
Sentences indéterminées > Pays du Commonwealth.
Extradition > Pays du Commonwealth.
Constitutional & administrative law.
LAW > International.
Asylum, Right of.
Deportation.
Detention of persons.
Extradition.
Human rights.
Indeterminate sentences.
Commonwealth countries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Australia. Limits on immigration detention
  • Indefinite detention of aliens
  • Al-Kateb contested
  • United Kingdom. Prohibitions, derogations and deference
  • Belmarsh in the United Kingdom courts
  • The periphery of indefinite detention
  • Canada. The Charter and security certificates
  • Charkaoui's procedural solution
  • Conclusion.

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