{"product_id":"9780702239311","title":"Frontier Justice: The Global Refugee Crisis and What To Do About It","description":"Author: Lamey, Andy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780702239311\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Queensland Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Oct 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 418 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontier Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping exploration of the world-wide refugee crisis. Andy Lamey presents the story behind the radical increase in the global number of asylum-seekers, set within the historical and philosophical context in which the ideas of asylum originated and evolved.\u003cbr\u003e Throughout Lamey's account, he focuses on the rights of people in search of asylum, and how those rights are routinely violated. There are many right s for citizens but few for human beings. At theheart of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontier Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a new blueprint for how the rights of refugees might be enforced, and a vision of human rights that is ultimately optimistic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontier Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping exploration of the world-wide refugee crisis. Andy Lamey presents the story behind the radical increase in the global number of asylum-seekers, set within the historical and philosophical context in which the ideas of asylum originated and evolved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImportantly, Lamey approaches the issue as a global one, presenting case studies from Australia, North America, and Europe He follows the extraordinary efforts of a set of Yale law students who sued the U.S. government on behalf of a group of refugees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay; he recounts one refugee family's harrowing journey from Saddam Hussein's Iraq to contemporary Australia via the world's most dangerous ocean crossing; and he explores the fascinating case of Ahmed Ressam, the so-called Millennium bomber who filed a refugee claim in Canada before attempting to blow up the Los Angeles airport.\u003cbr\u003e Throughout Lamey's account, he focuses on the rights of people in search of asylum, and how those rights are routinely violated. But \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontier Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e does not merely point out problems. At theheart of the book is a new blueprint for how the rights of refugees might be enforced, and a vision of human rights that is ultimately optimistic and deeply affirmative. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135691042974,"sku":"UBD-9780702239311","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780702239311.jpg?v=1786626941","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780702239311","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}