A jurisprudential analysis of the interpretation of 'persecution' under the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees at the domestic level

This thesis considers the question ‘who is a refugee’ and suggests how one might answer this in the context of international refugee law. The theories of Robert Alexy’s are adopted as a lens through which to reconstruct refugee law. The case for viewing human rights as worthy of special protection i...

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Main Author: Slater, Rachel Helen
Published: University of Birmingham 2014
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633374