Friday, August 20, 2010

Simeon: Critical Issues in International Refugee Law: Strategies Toward Interpretive Harmony

James C. Simeon (York Univ. - Public Policy) has published Critical Issues in International Refugee Law: Strategies Toward Interpretative Harmony (Cambridge Univ. Press 2010). Contents include:
  • James C. Simeon, Introduction: the research workshop on critical issues in international refugee law and strategies towards interpretative harmony
  • Albie Sachs, From refugee to judge: on refugee law
  • Jane McAdam, Individual risk, armed conflict and the standard of proof in complementary protection claims: the European Union and Canada
  • Geoff Gilbert, Running scared since 9/11: refugees, UNHCR and the purposive approach to treaty interpretation
  • Elspeth Guild, Asymmetrical sovereignty and the refugee: diplomatic assurances and the failure of due process, Agiza v. Sweden and Alzery v. Sweden
  • Kate Jastram, Economic harm as a basis for refugee status and the application of human rights law to the interpretation of economic persecution
  • Nergis Canefe, The fragmented nature of the international refugee regime and its consequences: a comparative analysis of the applications of the 1951 Convention