Immigration and Refugee Law in Australia

This text provides a comprehensive account of the laws and policies governing immigration and refugee law in Australia. Core to the work is its thorough analysis of judge and tribunal-made laws that supplement and contextualise the laws made by parliament, and implemented by the immigration bureaucracy. "Immigration and Refugee Law in Australia" highlights fundamental issues raised by immigration control in this country, and the relationship between immigration and Australia's perceived social and economic needs. These issues are: the differential treatment of the non-citizen or alien as 'other' in the Australian polity, and the complex role played by the judiciary in balancing the national interests with the human rights of the individuals affected by our laws. This goes to the very heart of how we define the 'Australian nation'.