Migration, Diasporas and Legal Systems in Europe [Hardcover]

At a time when issues concerning migration and the formation of diasporic communities have come to be critical for all European legal systems, this volume reflects, discusses and analyzes the questions raised by diasporas who have established themselves in Europe over more than fifty years of immigration and the challenges faced by legal systems in the light of continued migration.

Contributors from a broad range of backgrounds address prominent issues ranging from legal pluralism among minorities, pressures on EU accession states, irregular migration, state control of family reunification and formation in light of human rights laws, challenges for citizenship and nationality laws and the implementation of visa rules and juxtaposed control zones. Besides the EU as a supranational legal order, the book contains discussion of conditions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Greece, Turkey and Lithuania.

This volume accompanies The Challenge of Asylum to Legal Systemsand is the second book to emerge from the W.G Hart Legal Workshop held in 2004 at London's Institute for Advanced Legal Studies.

Introduction: Migration, Diasporas and Legal Systems in Europe; Rethinking Legal Theory in the Light of South-North Migration; Ethnic Diversity and the Delivery of Justice: The Challenge of Plurality; The Migration and Settlement of Muslims: The Challenges for European Legal Systems; Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Muslim Community: The Shia Imami Ismaili Conciliation and Arbitration Boards; New Judicial Developments in EU Citizenship: Solidarity, Security, and Second-class Citizens; Discriminatory Denationalisations Based on Ethnic Origin: The Dark Legacy of Ex Art 19 of the Greek Nationality Code; The Irish Citizenship Referendum 2004: A Solution in Search of a Problem?; Changing Polities and Electoral Rights: Lithuanias Accession to the EU; Hidden Purpose: UK Ethnic Minority Internalã"