Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: In The Hidden Dimension of Nineteenth-Century ImmigrationLaw, Professor Kerry Abrams tells a story that illustrates what she terms the "productive" role of immigration law. 1 We typically conceptualize immigration law as regulation that restricts entry into a territory.Abrams, by contrast, examines how the law induces the development of a certain type of population by encouraging settlement and family formation by citizens considered desirable.These productive effects occur in part through legal mechanisms that we do not usually associate with immigration law, such as marriage and property law.Here, Abrams draws upon her innovative earlier work on the connections between immigration law and marriage 2 to show Assistant Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School.I am grateful to Kerry Abrams and Courtney Joslin for their helpful suggestions and insights.1.
Source: Human Biology
Author: Sarah Abramowicz
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2943180010