Immigration and Refugee Law in Russia: Socio-Legal Perspectives (Law in Context)
Cambridge University Press, 4/11/2019
EAN 9781108417891, ISBN10: 1108417892
Hardcover, 226 pages, 25.1 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Immigration and Refugee Law in Russia confronts the issue of access to justice and the realisation of human rights for migrants and refugees in Russia. It focuses on everyday experiences of immigration and refugee laws and how they work 'in action' in Russia. This investigation presupposes that the reality is much more complex than is generally assumed, as it is mediated by peoples' varied positionalities. Agnieszka Kubal's primary focus is on people, their stories and experiences: migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, immigration lawyers, Russian judges, and the Federal Migration Service officers. These actors speak with different voices, profess different ideologies, and hold opposite worldviews; what they hold in common is their importance to our understanding of migration processes. By this focus on individual views and opinions, Kubal highlights the complexity and nuance of everyday experiences of the law, breaking away from the portrayal of Russia as a legal and ideological monolith.
1. Socio-legal perspectives on immigration and refugee law in Russia
2. Immigration and refugee law in Russia
an overview of the legal environment
3. Immigration and refugee lawyers as cause lawyers
cause lawyering with the grain?
4. Everyday experiences of Russian immigration law
the entry bar case study
5. Tracing the case file
culture of materiality in immigration and refugee law
6. The use of human rights In Russian courts
analysis of judgments in immigration and refugee law cases
7. Who are the humans behind the human rights cases? Migration cases from Russia to the European Court of Human Rights
Conclusions.