Transnational Migration Law
About
The movement of humans across borders remains at the core of contemporary political debates in and beyond liberal economies. The point of this course is to develop participants’ understanding of how international, regional and domestic law interact in the migration field. We intend to cover the themes of asylum-related migration, family reunification and labour migration in the form of lectures, seminars and a presentation exercises. The different types of experiences by migrants and factors impacting on migration are also part of the course offer, such as nationality, age, gender, socioeconomic resources and ethnicity.
The international law of migration will command much space in the course, but we will follow its ripple effects into EU law and Swedish domestic law and practice, as an example of a Member State jurisdiction. While its main focus is on law, the course features an interdisciplinary edge, drawing on insights from the social sciences, humanities and from medicine. You will meet a team of highly motivated teachers, with many being able to fall back on a considerable experience from migration-related work in courts, authorities or NGOs. We shall also arrange study visits to relevant institutions. Overall, the course is designed to produce critical practitioners and practical critics.
Transnational migration law is also thematized as a field of research, with
theoretical and interdisciplinary resources for practical legal work taking centre
court.
The course thematizes transnational migration law in three situations:
1. At the border. The focus is on the capability to understand and represent
the single migrants’ legal position at a territorial or administrative border.
2. In the courtroom. The focus is on the capability to understand and
represent transnational migration law in the pursuit of legal procedures
before authorities and courts.
3. In the boardroom. The focus is on the capability to understand and
represent transnational migration law for the pursuit of legal policy goals or
strategical goals.
This course is taught in English.
Entry requirements
To be admitted, students following a Swedish professional law programme leading up to a law degree must have passed courses adding up to 150 higher education credits from the first five semesters of the Swedish professional law programme, including the course *HRO600 Internationell rätt* (6th term). Students from other Swedish programmes or international students are required to possess a command of law analogous to 150 higher education credits from the Swedish professional law programme. Exceptions from these requirements can be made for students with a masters? degree in Law from other universities.
Application
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