Reforming the Common European Asylum System — Legislative developments and judicial activism of the European Courts

• Main Author: Velluti, Samantha (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Law,
• Subjects: Law.; Public international law.; International law.; Human rights.; International humanitarian law.; Emigration and immigration.; European Law.; Human Rights.; Migration.; Public International Law.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.

In June 2013, after lengthy and complex negotiations the EU adopted the recast “asylum package” which represents a significant step forward in the future development of CEAS. In this timely study Velluti provides fresh insights into recent legislative and judicial developments in asylum and through...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The road to the Common European Asylum system: from Amsterdam to Lisbon and beyond
• Recasting of asylum legislation: Nolumus leges mutari
• The Role of the European Courts in ensuring adequate standards of asylum-seekers’ human rights’ protection in Europe after Lisbon
• CEAS, asylum-seekers and EU human rights post-Lisbon: closing the gaps in the European protection regime.