The Institutional Structure of Immigration Law

Posner, Eric A.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2120759

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The Institutional Structure of Immigration Law

Eric A. Posner

University of Chicago - Law School

July 2012

University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 607
U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 395

Abstract:
Immigration law scholars should give more attention to the institutional structure of immigration law and, in particular, the way that the government addresses problems of asymmetric information in the course of screening potential migrants and attempting to control their behavior once they arrive. Economic models of optimal contracting provide a useful starting point for analyzing this problem. This approach is applied to several current debates in immigration scholarship, including controversies over “crimmigration” and courts’ refusal to extend labor and employment rights to undocumented aliens.

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Date posted: July 31, 2012

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Posner, Eric A., The Institutional Structure of Immigration Law (July 2012). University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 607; U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 395. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2120759 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2120759

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