Spring 2009 Course Schedule

Asylum & Refugee Law (LAW-656-001)
Pistone

Meets: 11:00 AM - 12:50 PM (TH) - Room 401

Enrolled: 23 / Limit: 45

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Notices

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Description

This course will examine asylum and refugee law, practice and policy, which obligations derive from international human rights treaties, with particular focus on U.S. law and policy. The course will begin with an exploration of the historical roots of refugee protection, as well as the emergence of international refugee protection under international law in the 20th century. The legal definition of the term “refugee” and all the elements needed to establish asylum and refugee protection will be examined in detail. The course will also examine the statutory and regulatory procedures that apply to asylum protection in the United States.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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DAVID A. MARTIN ET AL., FORCED MIGRATION: LAW AND POLICY (Thomson/West 2007) (ISBN 0-314-14610-5).

DAVID NGARURI KENNEY AND PHILIP G. SCHRAG, ASYLUM DENIED: A REFUGEE'S STRUGGLE FOR SAFETY IN AMERICA (U of CA Press 2008) available from Amazon.

First Class Readings

What is Forced Migration?

FORCED MIGRATION 1-26, 28-32, 67-78
Exercise 46-47
Optional: MPI: Refugees: Risks and Challenges Worldwide
MPI: Confronting the Realities of Forced Migration