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Introduction: The Indiana Journal Of Global Legal Studies Immigration Project

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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Race, The Immigration Laws, And Domestic Race Relations: A "Magic Mirror'' Into The Heart Of Darkness, Kevin R. Johnson

Indiana Law Journal

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The Population Implosion Of The Developed World: Changing Attitudes Toward Immigration To Support Aging Societies, Leslie E. Schafer

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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Welfare Reform And Immigration: Attempting To Find A Domestic Answer To A Global Question, Kostas A. Poulakidas

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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The Mail-Order Bride Industry And Immigration: Combating Immigration Fraud, Amy Elson

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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The Big Push: Emigration In The Age Of Environmental Catastrophe, William Plummer

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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The Politics Of Western Immigration, Stephen E. Scheele

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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Immigration Crisis In Federalism: A Comparison Of The United States And Canada, Kevin Tessier

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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Out Of Many, One?, Kenneth L. Karst

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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Are There New Complexities In Global Migration Systems Of Consequence For The United States "Nation-State"?, Dennis Conway

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

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U. S. Immigration In A Global Context: Past, Present, And Future, Jeffrey S. Passel, Michael Fix

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Through the use of their own empirical studies, the authors

address three themes: 1) immigration in the global context; 2) the

scale and characteristics of immigration to the United States; and

3) the. expected future impact of immigration to the United States.

The authors focus on U.S. immigration by giving an empirical

comparative history which suggests that, while the sheer number of

immigrants to the United States has grown, the share of foreignborn

people in the U.S. population is well below historic highs.

Next they discuss the characteristics of recent and current

immigrants to the United States in terms of …

Changing Sovereignty Games And International Migration, Aristide R. Zolberg

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

In this article, Professor Zolberg argues that today's

immigration issues should be analyzed within their historical bases.

He follows the formation of the modern State, with particularfo cus

on the legal and political meaning of "sovereignty" as understood

in pre-colonial times down to the World War II period. He next

identifies several late twentieth century phenomena in Europe and

elsewhere, many of which pose serious challenges to long-standing

notions of nationhood and citizenship. The author concludes that

despite the recent development of borderless markets and

communication infrastructures, much remains to be done to build a

truly global community.

Global Migration - Immigration - Multiethnicity: Challenges To The Concept Of The Nation-State, Jost Delbruck

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Professor Delbriick begins his article by briefly discussing the

history and development of the nation-state, and then examines how

changes in the political and social environment, often international

and cross-cultural in nature, have altered the traditional notion of

the nation-state. He argues that the modern form of the State

should be based on the concept of the "Open Republic, " rather than

on that of the traditional closed, self-centered, and self-reliant

nation-state. Professor Delbriick demands that his concept of an

"Open Republic" first be grounded in the form of a republican

State-a constitutional government involving the democratic

participation of all …