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Legal Protection as Competition for Jurisdiction

The Case of Refugee Protection through Law in the Past and at Present

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ID12186756
AuthorsBas Schotel (0000-0002-9203-1001, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume31
Issue1
Pages9-32
Publication date2017-11-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeiden Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0922-1565 • E-ISSN: 1478-9698
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0922156517000565
OpenAlexW2768128001
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited27

This article explores the structure of the legal protection of refugees in Europe today. To this end, it will contrast historical arrangements providing protection to refugees, namely church asylum in the late Middle Ages and refuge for religious minorities, with the current European refugee regime, that is the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), in particular the Dublin system. The central claim of this article is that a basic condition for the legal protection of refugees is the existence of multiple jurisdictions, which in turn caters for competition for jurisdiction. The official logic of the CEAS, however, endorses harmonization, unity and the hierarchy of jurisdictions rather than a competition between jurisdictions. This partially explains the difficulties under the CEAS in organizing the protection of refugees through law. In policy terms, this article supports calls for reconsidering the Dublin Regulation, since through the ‘single jurisdiction’ approach Dublin hampers the legal protection of refugees

Competition (biology · Harmonization · Hierarchy · Jurisdiction · Political science · Refugee · Refugee law · European and International Law Studies · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,29
Citation span2019 - 2020 (2)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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