Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
11-8-2019
SSRN Discipline
Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; WGSRN Subject Matter eJournals; Womens & Gender Studies Research Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Legal Anthropology eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; AARN Subject Matter eJournals; Cultural Anthropology eJournals; Political Science Network; Anthropology & Archaeology Research Network; Political Behavior eJournals
Abstract
Offers a new way to see immigration laws and policies namely as instances of originary violence Notes that recent official actions including travel bans family separation and cutbacks in asylum are examples of both originary violence and the ordinary kind Shows how the two are connected and proposes a number of means to attack them
Recommended Citation
Richard Delgado,
Rodrigo's Rebuke: Originary Violence and U.S. Border Policy,
(2019).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/456