Some of the most pressing questions in immigration law and policy today concern the problem of immigration controls. How are immigration laws administered, and how are they enforced against those who enter and remain in a receiving country without legal permission? Comparing the United States and Germany, two of the four extended essays in this volume concern enforcement; the other two address techniques for managing high-volume asylum systems in both countries.

There is general agreement today that traditional approaches to immigration admissions in the major receiving countries of the West have serious shortcomings either in concept or implementation, or at times in both. These essays, all written by leading immigration experts, consider the philosophical and moral constraints on immigration law and policy, the basic elements of a comprehensive migration policy, and specific policy areas, including family reunification and asylum. Taken together, these perspectives represent a fresh, comparative look at some of the most urgent issues in this pivotal area of law and policy.

There is general agreement today that traditional approaches to immigration admissions in the major receiving countries of the West have serious shortcomings either in concept or implementation, or at times in both. These essays, all written by leading immigration experts, consider the philosophical and moral constraints on immigration law and policy, the basic elements of a comprehensive migration policy, and specific policy areas, including family reunification and asylum. Taken together, these perspectives represent a fresh, comparative look at some of the most urgent issues in this pivotal area of law and policy.

The 4th edition of this textbook offers a comprehensive and highly topical representation of the law of nations in its entirety in one volume.

Written for the XXI FIDE Congress taking place in Dublin in June 2004, this book explores EU policy on migration and asylum, and the manner in which this policy is being implemented at a national level. With national reports from 15 EU member states (both existing and accession states), it is the most wide ranging and comprehensive international survey of this issue to date. Each report was prepared by a national expert and they focus on: ??? the national implementation of existing EU legislation in the field of migration and asylum law; ??? the compatibility of national migration and asylum law and policies with pending EC legislation on asylum procedure, legal status of third country nationals, and definition of refugees; ??? national attitudes to European Commission proposals on the future development of European migration and asylum law; and ??? long term perspectives for EU legislation in the field of migration and asylum law and policy.

Die Festschrift enthalt 51 Beitrage zu Grundfragen und aktuellen Fragen des Staatsrechts, des Voelkerrechts und des Europaischen Gemeinschaftsrechts und dabei insbesondere zu jenen Bereichen, in denen sich nationales und internationales Recht beruhren und gegenseitig beeinflussen. Die Autoren der Festschrift ehren mit ihren Beitragen Professor Karl Doehring, langjahriger Inhaber des Lehrstuhls fur Staats- und Voelkerrecht der Universitat Heidelberg, wissenschaftliches Mitglied und Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut fur auslandisches oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht und Mitglied des Institut de Droit International. Die Beitrage behandeln u.a. die folgenden Bereiche: Die Wirkungen der Entscheidungen internationaler Menschenrechtsinstitutionen; Fragen des internationalen und europaischen Umweltschutzes und die Umsetzung in nationales Recht; Streitbeilegung im multilateralen Wirtschaftsrecht; Fragen des Asyl- und Auslanderrechts; Staatsangehoerigkeit im geteilten Deutschland; Dogmatik der Grundrechte und Grundpflichten; Gewissensfreiheit und Rechtsgehorsam; Verfassung und einseitige voelkerrechtliche Akte; Verfassung und Einsatz der Streitkrafte; Kriegsverhutung durch Voelkerrecht; Bekampfung des internationalen Terrorismus.

National rules on immigration and asylum have been transformed in recent years. EU Directives and Regulations, including the relevant case law of the European Court of Justice, have become ever more important - for those working in ministries, immigration authorities, national courts, academia, non-governmental organisations and also for those who are practising lawyers. The fundamentally revised and amended second edition of this book focuses on core legislation, including the Asylum Qualification Directive, the Asylum Procedure and Reception Directives, the Dublin III Regulation, the Border Code, Visa and Frontex Regulations, the Family Reunion Directive, the Blue Card Directive, the Long Term Residents' Directive and the Return Directive.