Immigration and Refugee Law Research Guide
Immigration law deals with government policies which control the entry of immigrants to a country. In Canada the Federal government has paramount powers regarding immigration, but shares this power with the provinces through Federal-Provincial immigration agreements, most notably with Quebec. Reugee law, while part of immigration law,is affected by international conventions, and deals with those seeking asylum due to persecution in their homeland.
Canada:
Primary Sources:
Statutes and Regulations:
Case Law
Secondary Sources:
Books
Articles and Other Documents
Current Awareness
Internet Resources:
U.S.:
International and multinational:
Canada:
The major statute governing Immigration and Refugee law is the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,
S.C. 2001, c. 27.
For a complete list of regulations see http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/i-2.5/regulations.html
The Canadian encyclopedic Digest (CED) DIG A242: Vol. 15, Title 75, Immigration and refugees includes a table of statutes and a table of regulations.
The annotated Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada, KF 4483 I5 C3824 (Current year on Reserve) Contains full text of all relevant statutes and regulations.
To search statutes and regulations by keywords:
- WestlaweCarswell >> Legislation >> Jurisdiction : Federal
- QuickLaw >> Legislation >> Jurisdiction : Federal
Other Internet resources.:
CANLII : www.canlii.org
Dept. of Justice Laws Web Site http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/index.html
a. Quicklaw >> Source Directory >> Topic: Immigration, Nationality and Personal Status >> Cases
b. WestlaweCarswell >> Cases >> Subject area: Immigration
c. Subject case reporters:
Immigration law reporter (March 1985-January 1987) REP-CAN D46 IM3219 (WestlaweCarswell)
Immigration Law Reporter, Second Series (1987-1999), REP-CAN D46 IM322 (WestlaweCarswell)
Immigration Law Reporter, Third Series (1999-), REP-CAN D46 IM323 V.1 (WestlaweCarswell)
Canadian Abridgment Digests > IMM Immigration and citizenship (WestlaweCarswell)
Dig B35 3rd Ed., Vols. 51-53, Immigration and Citizenship
Search in the Libraries catalogue under Catalogue - Browse search
Subject: Emigration and immigration law Canada
Subject: Refugees Legal status, laws, etc. Canada.
Carasco, Emily F. Immigration and refugee law: cases, materials and commentary (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2007). KF 4483 I5 I5475 2007
Jones, Martin. Refugee law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2007). KF 4483 I5 J65 2007
Waldman, Lorne. Immigration law and practice (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005-). KF 4483 I5 W242
Waldman, Lorne. Canadian immigration & refugee law practice 2008 (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis, 2007). KF 4483 I5 W243 2007
- Use article indices to search journal articles and other documents:
1. Index to Canadian Legal Literature. Available in print ,through Quicklaw and WestlaweCarswell.
2. Index to legal Periodicals. Available in print and through eResources
3. Legaltrac. Available in print (called Current Law Index) and through eResources
Relevant search terms include: refugees, immigration policy, immigration law, immigration and emigration
Add "and Canada" when searching in 2. and 3. to identify Canadian material.
- Major journals:
Canada's immigration & citizenship bulletin. PER C16237
Georgetown immigration law journal. PER G281 (HeinOnline)
Immigration and nationality law & practice (1988-1991) PER IM58
International journal of refugee law. PER IN793 (HeinOnline/Oxford)
Immigration and nationality law review (HeinOnline)
In addition there are some non-legal journals available through eResources which may be of interest:
The Journal of Migration and Refugee Issues
Journal of Refugee Studies
Refuge
Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ)
c. WestlaweCarswell: Immigration Law Reporter articles (IMMLR-ART)
Quicklaw >> LexisNexis Immigration Law NetLetter
1. Governmental Sites:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp
Immigration and Refugee Board, http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/index.htm
2. Other sites:
Canadian Council for Refugees, http://www.ccrweb.ca/eng/engfront/frontpage.htm
Relevant federal statutes include the Immigration and Naturalization Act (Title 8 of the U.S. Code)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sup_01_8.html
Regulations can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 8 -- Aliens and Nationality, http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/cfr.php?title=8
Internet Resources:
1. Governmental Sites:
Immigration and Naturalization Service, http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
2. Research Guides:
Immigration & Human Rights on the Internet - from Georgetown Law Library,
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/guides/ImmigrationHumanRightsontheInternet.cfm
Immigration- From Cornell University Law School, http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Immigration
Immigration law resources - From Tarlton Law Library
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary/outlines/immigration.html
Findlaw Immigration Law
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/20immigration/index.html
3. Current Awareness:
The home page of the American Immigration Lawyers Association is a good source for current news. Includes links to legislation and cases. http://www.aila.org/
The law firm of Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine publishes a monthly newsletter called Immigration Bulletin http://www.visalaw.com/bulletin.html.
International and multinational:
Research Guides:
Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web, http://www.llrx.com/features/refugee.htm
Researching the Legal Aspects of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Legal_aspects_asylum_refugees_Australia_Canada_UK.htm
Other Internet resources:
Emigration and immigration – From Washburn University School of Law http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/alpha/e/emigrationandimmigrationlaw.html
Immigration, Asylum, and Refugee Law – From University of Chigaco Law School, http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/foreignlaw.html#refugees
International Organizations:
UNHCR – The U.N. Refugee Agency
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
IOM International Organization for Migration
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
Centre for International and European Law on Immigration and Asylum
http://migration.uni-konstanz.de/index.php?lang=en
International Treaties:
United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Regugees
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/o_c_ref.htm
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967
http://www.unhcr.bg/bglaw/en/_02_protocol%2067en.pdf
Compiled by Sharona Brookman
Last updated on June 22, 2008
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