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The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law is a comprehensive, critical work, which analyses the state of research across the refugee law regime as a whole. Drawing together leading and emerging scholars, the Handbook provides both doctrinal and theoretical analyses of international refugee law and practice. It critiques existing law from a variety of normative positions, with several chapters identifying foundational flaws that open up space for radical rethinking. Many authors work directly in the field, and their contributions demonstrate how scholarship and practice can mutually inform each other. Contributions assess a wide range of international legal instruments relevant to refugee protection, including from international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international migration law, the law of the sea, and international and transnational criminal law. Geographically, contributors examine regional and domestic laws and practices from around the world, with 10 chapters focused on specific regions. This Handbook provides an account, as well as a critique, of the status quo, and in so doing it sets the agenda for future academic research in international refugee law.KEY FEATURESProvides state-of-the-art, comprehensive analysis of the field of international refugee law.Global in scope, with 10 chapters focussing in detail on specific regions, including Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.Examines a wide range of legal instruments relevant to refugee protection, including from international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international migration law, the law of the sea, and international and transnational criminal law.Critiques the status quo and sets the agenda for future academic research.

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If you are interested in widening and deepening your knowledge and understanding of the global system of refugee law and protection, this handbook is an invaluable entry point... The handbook stands as a state of the art review of international refugee law and scholarship by some of the most prominent and well respected writers and thinkers in the field. * Colin Yeo, Free Movement *

By far the most comprehensive and up to date reference work in international refugee law ... the Handbook provides an excellent starting point for any academic research project in this area ... the Handbook will soon become an integral part in the standard canon of books on international refugee law and a valuable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners alike. * Jan-Phillip Graf, Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict * If you are interested in widening and deepening your knowledge and understanding of the global system of refugee law and protection, this handbook is an invaluable entry point... The handbook stands as a state of the art review of international refugee law and scholarship by some of the most prominent and well respected writers and thinkers in the field. * Colin Yeo, Free Movement *

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Edited by:Cathryn Costello, Andrew W Mellon Professor of Refugee and Migration Law, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.Michelle Foster, Professor and Director of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Melbourne Law School.Jane McAdam ,Scientia Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney.

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