Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Ivor C. Jackson -- Acknowledgements / Ivor C. Jackson -- Introduction: General Description of the Problem of the Determination of Group Refugee Status and its Current Relevance / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter I The Refugee Concept as Applied in Group Situations Prior to World War Ii in the Practice of the League of Nations / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter II The Application of the Refugee Concept in Group Situations Under the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) (1947–1951) / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter III Development of the Refugee Definitions in the 1950 Unhcr Statute and in the 1951 Refugee Convention / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter IV Conclusions Regarding the Development of the Refugee Concept 1921–1951 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter V Application of the Refugee Concept in Various Group Situations in the Period 1951–1961 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter VI Application of the Refugee Concept in Group Situations in the Period 1961–1975 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter VII “Special Operations” and Development of the “Externally Displaced Persons” Concept in the Period up to 1975 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter VIII Conclusions Regarding the Development of the Refugee Concept in Group Refugee Situations in the Period 1951—1975 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Part III From 1975 to the Introduction of more Restrictive Interpretations of the Refugee Notion as from 1985 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter IX Application of the Refugee Concept in Various Group Situations in the Period 1975–1985 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter X Externally Displaced Persons: Development of the Concept after 1975 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter XI Conclusion No. 22 (XXXII) of the Unhcr Executive Committee on the Protection of Asylum-Seekers in Situations of Large-Scale Influx (Thirty-Second Session, 1981) / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter XII Conclusions Regarding the Application of the Refugee Concept in Group Situations 1975–1985 / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter XIII Closing Remarks: Past Practice as a Guide to Current Problems / Ivor C. Jackson -- Chapter XIV Selected Bibliography / Ivor C. Jackson -- Index / Ivor C. Jackson.

English

Description based on print version record.