The Privatisation of Immigration Control through Carrier Sanctions: The Role of Private Transport Companies in Dutch and British Immigration Control ... and Asylum Law and Policy in Europe, 38)

Book info: The Privatisation of Immigration Control through Carrier Sanctions: The Role of Private Transport Companies in Dutch and British Immigration Control ... and Asylum Law and Policy in Europe, 38) (Hardcover, 320 pages) – Brill | Nijhoff, 2015. Language: English.

The central theoretical question of The Privatisation of Immigration Control through Carrier Sanctions concerns the social working of legal rules. Sophie Scholten examines how states, private companies (carriers) and people (passengers) have become interconnected through carrier sanctions legislation. Scholten describes the legal framework in the Netherlands and the UK and international and European legislative rules developed on the subject. The author ties in with debates on privatisation of control in general and of immigration control in particular. As such the author provides a much needed new look at a field which as not attracted detailed academic attention. Scholten opens up fascinating questions about the relationship of the public and private sectors in the complex and politically sensitive area of immigration. Editorial Reviews Review “…[G]iven the ongoing concerns over immigration in contemporary political and public debate, as well as the increasingly strict legislative and policy responses in this domain, [this] book could not have come at a better time. Its rich descriptive and empirical findings point out that in the realm of immigration control, the way in which law and policy are employed in practice has real implications not only for those carrying out the measures, but certainly also for those subject to them. Given continuous developments in this area Scholten’s unique and topical publication is a valuable and timely contribution to the literature on immigration control and border securitization and provides ample basis for further descriptive, empirical and normative inquiry."
Patrick van Berlo, PhD candidate, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden Law School, in: Common Law Market Review
About the Author Sophie Scholten, Ph.D (2014) Radboud University Nijmegen, is a lecturer and researcher at the Dutch Police Academy. She has published various articles on carrier sanctions and the role of private transport companies in immigration control.