Sarah Scott Ford

What happens when human rights norms and law collide with the complexities of asylum decision-making? This book offers a bold examination of how institutional dynamics and human rights oversight shape the intricate mechanisms behind asylum adjudication. By framing asylum law as an ‘entangled regime,’ the author uncovers how national decision-makers interpret, apply and contest norms of national, international and institutional origin, offering invaluable insights into the evolving landscape of migrants’ rights. Through a socio-legal lens, it focuses on the Nordic countries—a region renowned for its policy experimentation and increasingly marked by anti-immigrant politics. Against this politically charged backdrop, where a history of compliance results in a robust rights-focused legal framework, international law faces some of its most rigorous challenges.

Public Law – Insights into Danish Constitutional and Administrative Law is a textbook presenting a selection of insights into Danish public law solutions. The book will appeal to students who want to learn more about how legal frameworks, citizen-oriented rights and solutions, and judicial review measures are designed in Denmark, and how they function there against the backdrop of international law. The intention of the book is not to put forward a “master narrative” for readers to follow. Instead, it offers “shareable narratives” that the reader can relate to and that will help them develop their own ability to conduct a comparative analysis of the configuration of similar issues in other countries. Although the perspective is international, the book is relevant for both Danish students and international students with an interest in the subject. The textbook is edited by Peter Aagaard Nielsen and Jesper Olsen.