The law of refugee status / James C. Hathaway and Michelle Foster.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

2nd ed.

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Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.

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.

The first edition of this seminal work was published in 1991. The second edition is a substantial renovation offering new analysis of the interpretation of the refugee definition set by the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781107688421

lxxxi, 693 p. ; 25 cm