Aliens and the Law: Some Legal Aspects of the National Treatment of Aliens in the United States

Author/Contributor(s):	Gibson, William Marion
Publisher:	University of North Carolina Press
Date:	05/01/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

International customary law prescribes a minimum standard of treatment with which all nations must accord--aliens are entitled to life, liberty, and property while resident outside their own country. Based on a first-hand examination of original sources, this survey shows that, while the United States has carefully maintained its sovereign right to control and limit the immigration of aliens, it has been very generous to those within its gates.

Originally published in 1940.

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