Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 4 of 4
Full-Text Articles in Law
The Accidental Terrorists: Excludable Aliens Who Slip Across U.S. Borders, Susan M. Schreck
The Accidental Terrorists: Excludable Aliens Who Slip Across U.S. Borders, Susan M. Schreck
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Immigration, Repatriation, Asylum - The President Can Order The Repatriation Of Haitian Aliens Picked Up In International Waters Without A Determination As To Their Status As Refugees. Sale V. Haitian Centers Council, Inc., 113 S. Ct. 2549 (1993)., Austin E. Carter
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Military Commissions In America? Domestic Liberty Implications Of The Military Commissions Act Of 2006, Sean Riordan
Military Commissions In America? Domestic Liberty Implications Of The Military Commissions Act Of 2006, Sean Riordan
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
War Of The Words: Aliens, Immigrants, Citizens, And The Language Of Exclusion, D. Carolina Nunez
War Of The Words: Aliens, Immigrants, Citizens, And The Language Of Exclusion, D. Carolina Nunez
BYU Law Review
Words communicate more than their ordinary dictionary meaning. Words tell us about individuals' and communities' conscious and subconscious perceptions. The words we use are evidence of how we think, which, in turn, ultimately determines what we do. In this paper, I examine and compare the usage of the words "immigrant," "alien," and "citizen" to make observations on the nature of membership and belonging in the United States. While it is perhaps intuitive that these words carry very different connotations, here I use corpus linguistics to explore those connotations. I rely on the Corpus of Contemporary American English, a database of …