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Bordering The Constitution, Constituting The Border, Efrat Arbel Jan 2016

Bordering The Constitution, Constituting The Border, Efrat Arbel

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It is an established principle in Canadian law that refugees present at or within Canada’s borders are entitled to basic constitutional protection. Where precisely these borders lie, however, is far from clear. In this article, I examine the Canadian border as a site in which to study the constitutional entitlements of refugees. Through an analysis of the Multiple Borders Strategy (MBS) – a broad strategy that re-charts Canada’s borders for the purposes of enhanced migration regulation – I point to a basic tension at play in the border as site. I argue that the MBS imagines and enacts the border …


Gone But Not Forgotten: The Strange Afterlife Of The Jay Treaty's Indian Free Passage Right, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug Apr 2008

Gone But Not Forgotten: The Strange Afterlife Of The Jay Treaty's Indian Free Passage Right, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug

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