Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Jean-Yves Carlier , Dirk Vanheule , Klaus Hullmann , and Carlos Peña Galiano -- Citations and Abbreviations / Jean-Yves Carlier , Dirk Vanheule , Klaus Hullmann , and Carlos Peña Galiano -- Foreword / François Rigaux -- Introduction / Dr. Jean-Yves Carlier -- Table of Contents for all National Reports / Jean-Yves Carlier , Dirk Vanheule , Klaus Hullmann , and Carlos Peña Galiano -- 1 Austria / Klaus Hullmann -- 2 Belgium / Dirk Vanheule -- 3 Switzerland / Klaus Hullmann -- 4 Canada / Jeanne Donald and Dirk Vanheule -- 5 Germany / Klaus Hullmann -- 6 Denmark / Pia Lynggaard Justesen -- 7 Spain / Carlos Peña Galiano -- 8 France / Klaudia Schank and Carlos Peña Galiano -- 9 Greece / Paroula Naskou-Perraki -- 10 Italy / Bruno Nascimbene and Carlos Peña Galiano -- 11 Luxembourg / Carlos Peña Galiano -- 12 The Netherlands / Dirk Vanheule -- 13 Portugal / Carlos Peña Galiano -- 14 United Kingdom / Dirk Vanheule -- 15 United States / Dirk Vanheule -- Part II General Report / Jean-Yves Carlier -- Appendix The Harmonized Application of the Definition of the Term "Refugee" in the European Union / Jean-Yves Carlier -- Bibliography / Jean-Yves Carlier , Dirk Vanheule , Klaus Hullmann , and Carlos Peña Galiano -- Index / Jean-Yves Carlier , Dirk Vanheule , Klaus Hullmann , and Carlos Peña Galiano -- About the Editors / Jean-Yves Carlier , Dirk Vanheule , Klaus Hullmann , and Carlos Peña Galiano.

This book provides a comparative study of refugee case law in Europe and North America. Nearly five thousand decisions were recorded and one thousand five hundred have been considered in the national reports. This descriptive work is followed by a more analytical part, offering a new way to interpret the definition of a refugee based on three elements: Risk, Persecution and Proof (R.P.P.), summarized in the `Theory of the Three Scales'. This book will be of great interest to organisations, practitioners and decisions makers in Refugee Law, and to scholars of Comparative Law. Of related interest: Europe and Refugees: A Challenge?/L'Europe et les réfugiés: un défi? , edited by Jean-Yves Carlier and Dirk Vanheule (Kluwer Law International, 1997, 90-411-0347-3), contains a collection of essays analysing the plight of refugees today, paying particular attention to the situation in Europe, and to the new European treaties such as the Dublin Convention, the Schengen Agreement and the Resolution of the European Union.

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