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Spiral effect of the law: Migrants' experiences of the state law in Russia - A comparative perspective

Kubal, A; (2016) Spiral effect of the law: Migrants' experiences of the state law in Russia - A comparative perspective. International Journal of Law in Context , 12 (4) pp. 453-468. 10.1017/S1744552316000215. Green open access

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Abstract

Through an ethnographic study of the immigration law system in Russia, and interviews with legal professionals and Central Asian migrants themselves, this paper asks: What are the lived experiences of the highly complex, though ambiguous immigration law regime of Russia? According to what 'rules of the game' does it operate? Are they specific to Russia only? This paper develops the concept of 'the spiral effect of the law' to capture the image of law, as formed through people's experiences of the legal system. Drawing on the comparative tool of analogy, this paper suggests that 'the spiral effect of the law' is perhaps not that different from the observable effects of immigration law in other major migration-receiving jurisdictions, namely the US, framed as 'legal violence' by Cecilia Menjívar and Leisy Abrego (2012).

Type: Article
Title: Spiral effect of the law: Migrants' experiences of the state law in Russia - A comparative perspective
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1017/S1744552316000215
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552316000215
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10044109
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