James C. Hathaway

Director on Leave, Program in Refugee and Asylum Law
Member of University of Michigan Law School Faculty 1998-

Books

• The Rights of Refugees Under International Law. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005.
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• Editor. Reconceiving International Refugee Law. Nijhoff Law Specials, vol. 30. The Hague, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Pub., 1997. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• The Law of Refugee Status. Toronto: Butterworths, 1991. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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Book Chapters

• Co-author. "Internal Protection/Relocation/Flight Alternative as an Aspect of Refugee Status Determination." M.Foster, co-author. In Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection, edited by E. Feller et al., 357-417. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003.
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• "Refugee Law Is Not Immigration Law." In Globalism: People, Profits and Progress: Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council of Internaiontal Law, by Canadian Council on International Law; 134-57. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2002.
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• "The Michigan Guidelines on the Internal Protection Alternative." In The Changing Nature of Persecution, by International Association of Refugee Law Judges (4th Conference: 2000); 182-4. Berne, Switzerland: Institute of Public Law, Univ. of Berne, 2001.
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• "Temporary Protection: Challenge or Solution?" In Perspectives on Refugee Protection in South Africa, edited by J. Handmaker et al., 41-9. Pretoria, South Africa: Lawyers for Human Rights, 2001.
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• "The International Refugee Rights Regime." In The Protection of Human Rights in Europe, 97-139. Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law, vol. 8, no. 2. The Hague: Kluwer International, 2000.
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• "The Relationship between Human Rights and Refugee Law: What Refugee Law Judges Can Contribute." In The Realities of Refugee Determination on the Eve of a New Millenium: The Role of the Judiciary, by International Association of Refugee Law Judges (3rd Conference: 1998); 80-90. Netherlands: International Association of Refugee Law Judges, 1998.
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• Co-author. "Temporary Protection." M.A.Castillo, co-author. In Reconceiving International Refugee Law, edited by J.C. Hathaway, 1-21. Nijhoff Law Specials, vol. 30. The Hague, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Pub., 1997. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Refugee Status Arising From Generalized Oppression." In The Living Law of Nations: Essays on Refugees, Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and the Human Rights of Other Vulnerable Groups, edited by G.Alfredsson and P.Macalister-Smith, 61-7. Kehl, Germany: N.P. Engel Verlag, 1996. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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Journal Articles

• "E.U. Accountability to International Law: The Case of Asylum." Mich. J. Int'l L. 33, no. 1 (2011): 1-7.
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• "Leveraging Asylum." Tex. Int'l L. J. 45, no. 3 (2010): 503-45.
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• "Pourquoi protéger de l'«arbitraire»?" Annales de Droit de Louvain 69, no. 2 (2009): 218-24. (Presented as part of Doctorats honoris causa de la Faculté. La protection contre l'arbitraire.)
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• "The Human Rights Quagmire of 'Human Trafficking'." Va. J. Int'l L. 49, no. 1 (2008): 1-59.
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• "Why Refugee Law Still Matters." Melb. J. Int'l L. 8, no. 1 (2007): 89-103.
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• "Refugee Solution, or Solutions to Refugeehood?" Refuge 24, no. 2 (2007): 3-10.
• "The Michigan Guidelines on Protection Elsewhere, Adopted January 3, 2007." Mich. J. Int'l L. 28, no. 2 (2007): 207-21.
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• "Forced Migration Studies Could We Agree Just to 'Date'?" J. Refugee Stud. 20, no. 3 (2007): 349-69.
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• "(Debate) Rejoinder." J. Refugee Stud. 20, no. 3 (2007): 385-90.
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• "The False Panacea of Offshore Deterrence." Forced Migration Rev., no. 26 (2006): 56-7.
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• "Refugees' Human Rights and the Challenge of Political Will." Law Quad. Notes 49, no. 2 (2006): 71-2.
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• "The Right of States to Repatriate Former Refugees." Ohio St. J. Disp. Resol. 20, no. 1 (2005): 175-216.
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• "Michigan Guidelines on Well-Founded Fear." Mich. J. Int'l L. 26, no. 2 (2005): 492-503. (These guidelines reflect the consensus of the participants at the Third Colloquium on Challenges in International Refugee Law, convened by James C. Hathaway and held at the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 26-28, 2004)
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• Co-author. "Is there a Subjective Element in the Refugee Convention's Requirement of 'Well-Founded Fear'?" W. S. Hicks, co-author. Mich. J. Int'l L. 26, no. 2 (2005): 505-62.
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• "What's in a Label?" Eur. J. Migration & L. 5, no. 1 (2003): 1-21.
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• Co-author. "The Role of State Protection in Refugee Analysis (Discussion Paper No. 2 Advanced Refugee Law Workshop International Association of Refugee Law Judges Auckland, New Zealand, October 2002)." P. Mathew and M. Foster, co-authors. Int'l J. Refugee L. 15, no. 3 (2003): 444-60.
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• Co-author. "The Causal Connection ('Nexus') to a Convention Ground (Discussion Paper No. 3 Advanced Refugee Law Workshop International Association of Refugee Law Judges Auckland, New Zealand, October 2002)." M. Foster, co-author. Int'l J. Refugee L. 15, no. 3 (2003): 461-76.
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• Co-author. "Membership of a Particular Social Group (Discussion Paper No. 4 Advanced Refugee Law Workshop International Association of Refugee Law Judges Auckland, New Zealand, October 2002)." M. Foster, co-author. Int'l J. Refugee L. 15, no. 3 (2003): 477-91.
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• Co-author. "Claims to Refugee Status Based on Voluntary but Protected Actions (Discussion Paper No. 1 Advanced Refugee Law Workshop International Association of Refugee Law Judges Auckland, New Zealand, October 2002)." R. P. G. Haines and M. Foster, co-authors. Int'l J. Refugee L. 15, no. 3 (2003): 430-43.
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• "A Forum for the Transnational Development of Refugee Law: The IARLJ's Advanced Refugee Law Workshop." Int'l J. Refugee L. 15, no. 3 (2003): 418-21.
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• "Who Should Watch Over Refugee Law?" Law Quad. Notes 45, no. 1 (2002): 54-7. (Essay based on a talk delivered at the Global Consultation on International Protection in Geneva on December 11, 2001; the talk is published in its entirety under the same title in Forced Migration Review 14 (2002): 23-6.)
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• "Who Should Watch Over Refugee Law?" Forced Migration Rev. 14 (2002): 23-6.
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• "Refugee Law Is Not Immigration Law." World Refugee Surv. (2002): 38-45.
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• "International Refugee Law: The Michigan Guidelines on Nexus to a Convention Ground." Mich. J. Int'l L. 23, no. 2 (2002): 211-21. (These guidelines reflect the consensus of the participants at the Second Colloquium on Challenges in International Refugee Law, convened by James C. Hathaway.)
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• "The Causal Nexus in International Refugee Law." Foreword to Mich. J. Int'l L. 23, no. 2 (2002): 207-9.
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• "Why Supervise the Convention?" Talk Back: Newsl. of Int'l Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) 3, no. 5 (2001): 12-3.
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• Co-author. "Framing Refugee Protection in the New World Disorder." C. J. Harvey, co-author. Cornell Int'l L. J. 34, no. 2 (2001): 257-320.
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• Co-author. "Refugee Rights Are Not Negotiable." A. K. Cusick, co-author. Geo. Immigr. L. J. 14, no. 2 (2000): 481-539.
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• "America, Defender of Democratic Legitimacy?" Eur. J. Int'l L. 11, no. 1 (2000): 121-34.
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• "International Refugee Law: The Michigan Guidelines on the Internal Protection Alternative." Mich. J. Int'l L. 21, no. 1 (1999): 131-41.
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• "America's Apostasy." Law Quad. Notes 42, no. 3 (1999): 10-1.
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• "Can International Refugee Law Be Made Relevant Again?" Law Quad. Notes 41, no. 3 (1998): 106-8.
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• "The Meaning of Repatriation." Int'l J. Refugee L. 9, no. 4 (1997): 551-8. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• Co-author. "Making International Refugee Law Relevant Again: A Proposal for Collectivized and Solution-Oriented Protection." R.A.Neve, co-author. Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 10 (1997): 115-211. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Fundamental Justice and the Deflection of Refugees From Canada." Osgoode Hall. L. J. 34, no. 2 (1996): 213-70. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Labelling the 'Boat People': The Failure of the Human Rights Mandate of the Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees." Hum. Rts. Q. 15, no. 4 (1993): 686-702. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Harmonizing for Whom? The Devaluation of Refugee Protection in the Era of European Economic Integration." Cornell Int'l L. J. 26, no. 3 (1993): 719-35. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• Co-author. "Refugee Law and Human Rights: Warner and Hathaway in Debate." D.Warner, co-author. J. Refugee Stud. 5, no. 2 (1992): 162-71. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Reconceiving Refugee Law as Human Rights Protection." J. Refugee Stud. 4, no. 2 (1991): 113-31. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "A Reconsideration of the Underlying Premise of Refugee Law." Harv. Int'l. L. J. 31, no. 1 (1990): 129-83. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Selective Concern: An Overview of Refugee Law in Canada." McGill L. J. 33, no. 4 (1988): 676-715. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Postscript--Selective Concern: An Overview of Refugee Law in Canada." McGill L. J. 34, no. 2 (1989): 354-7. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Clinical Legal Education." Osgoode Hall L. J. 25, no. 2 (1987): 239-56. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Poverty Law and Equality Rights: Preliminary Reflections." J. L. & Soc. Pol'y. 1 (1985): 1-16. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "The Mythical Meritocracy of Law School Admission." J. Legal Ed. 34, no. 1 (1984): 86-96. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "The Evolution of Refugee Status in International Law: 1920-1950." Int'l & Comp. L. Q. 33, no. 2 (1984): 348-80. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Native Canadians and the Criminal Justice System: A Critial Examination of the Native Courtworker Program." Sask. L. Rev. 49, no. 2 (1984): 201-37. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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Reviews

• Review of Rethinking Refugee Law, by N. Nathwani. Am. J. Int'l L. 98, no. 3 (2004): 616-21.
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• Co-author. Review of The Movement of Persons Across Borders, by T.Buergenthal and L.B.Sohn, co-editors. R.B.Bilder, co-author. Am. J. Int'l. L. 88 (1994): 564. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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Other Publications

• "The Value of Year Books of International Law." Preface to Aust. Y.B. Int'l. L. 27 (2008): i-ii.
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• Interpretation of the Definition of 'Refugee' under Art. 1(A)(2) of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, with a View to the Elaboration of a Community Instrument to Guide the Application of the Refugee Convention Pursuant to Art.63(1)(c) of the Treaty of the European Communities. Brussels: European Commission, 2001.
• "Can International Refugee Law be Made Relevant Again?" Preface to Reconceiving International Refugee Law, by J.C. Hathaway, editor, xvii-xxix. Nijhoff Law Specials, 30. The Hague, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Pub., (1997). (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• Preface to Symposium on the Human Rights of Refugees. J. Refugee Stud. 7, no. 1 (1994): 79-81. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• Preface to The Law of Refugee Status, by J.C.Hathaway, v-viii. Toronto: Butterworths, (1991). (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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Reprints (Articles and other publications reprinted in full and Law Quadrangle)

• "New Directions to Avoid Hard Problems: The Distortion of the Palliative Role of Refugee Protection." J. Refugee Stud. 8, no. 3 (1995): 288-94. (Originally published under same title in Old Problems, New Directions: Proceedings of the Conference on Refugee Protection. Sydney: Australian Council of Churches, Refugee and Migrant Services, 1994. Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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