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

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