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008			170918s2017 enk 001 | eng
020			_a9781316602652
040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a341.48
100	1		_93148 _aMann, Itamar
245	1	0	_aHumanity at sea : _bmaritime migration and the foundations of international law / _cItamar Mann.
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
300			_axii, 244 p. ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aCambridge studies in international and comparative law
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Humanity washed ashore -- Ch. 1. Flagless vessel -- Ch. 2. What is a human rights claim? -- Ch. 3. What is a human rights commitment? -- Ch. 4. Between moral blackmail and moral risk -- Ch. 5. The place where we stand -- Ch. 6. Imagination and the human rights encounter -- Conclusion: The dual foundation of international law -- Postscript.
520			_aThis interdisciplinary study engages law, history, and political theory in a first attempt to crystallize the lessons the global 'refugee crisis' can teach us about the nature of international law. It connects the dots between the actions of Jewish migrants to Palestine after WWII, Vietnamese 'boatpeople', Haitian refugees seeking to reach Florida, Middle Eastern migrants and refugees bound to Australia, and Syrian refugees currently crossing the Mediterranean, and then legal responses by states and international organizations to these movements. Through its account of maritime migration, the book proposes a theory of human rights modelled around an encounter between individuals in which one of the parties is at great risk. It weaves together primary sources, insights from the work of twentieth-century thinkers such as Hannah Arendt and Emmanuel Levinas, and other legal materials to form a rich account of an issue of increasing global concern.
650		0	_92729 _aRefugees _xLegal status, laws, etc.
650		0	_93149 _aBoat people _xLegal status, laws, etc.
650		0	_9429 _aInternational law
650		0	_91275 _aHuman rights
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