The Rights of Aliens: Legal Regimes and Historical Perspectives

Migration Rights in the 21st Century 23-53 (Maloney & Korinek eds., Routledge 2011)

45 Pages Posted: 3 Apr 2016

See all articles by Tony Anghie

Tony Anghie

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Wayne McCormack

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Date Written: November 19, 2010

Abstract

Human beings, even nomads, have always lived in communities – extremely few humans can thrive in isolation. When a group of people moves from one territory to another, that is called migration, the new arrivals are immigrants, and they are also aliens in that land until they achieve citizenship either by permission or by conquest. Over the centuries, the law relating to the rights of aliens has proven to be one of the most significant and controversial topics of international law. The body of law relates to at least two broad issues: What are the rights of aliens to enter a foreign territory? What are the rights of aliens once they have entered a foreign territory, either legally or illegally? The first task of this chapter is to set out the basic legal parameters under which migration has occurred and will likely occur in the near future. By what law is migration governed? By what rules does it even make sense to speak of “illegal immigrants?” Then we will take a look at some of the historical approaches to the law and policy of migration.

Keywords: migration, refugee, asylum, citizenship

JEL Classification: K33, K42

Suggested Citation

Anghie, Tony and McCormack, Wayne, The Rights of Aliens: Legal Regimes and Historical Perspectives (November 19, 2010). Migration Rights in the 21st Century 23-53 (Maloney & Korinek eds., Routledge 2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2757727

Tony Anghie

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law ( email )

383 S. University Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730
United States

Wayne McCormack (Contact Author)

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law ( email )

383 S. University Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730
United States

Do you have a job opening that you would like to promote on SSRN?

Paper statistics

Downloads
92
Abstract Views
444
Rank
443,690
PlumX Metrics