●授業内容
This course aims to analyse the legal and social status of foreigners in Japan,
focusing in particular, on the immigration law framework, the rights and
protections afforded to aliens under domestic laws, and prospective legal
developments vis-à-vis their admission. The principal setting will be
Japan, although students are invited to draw comparisons with the situation
in their home countries, and to examine the protection afforded to foreigners
under international law. Topics to be covered include:
1. Japan: Citizenship and immigration basics
2. Japan's Immigration Framework: A short history
3. The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (ICRRA)
4. Composition of Foreigners in Japan: Oldcomers and newcomers
5. Legal Workers: Skilled and increasingly unskilled
6. Undocumented (Illegal) Workers I
7. Undocumented (Illegal) Workers II: Video 'Overstay'
8. Foreigners' Civil and Political Rights under Domestic Law
9. Foreigners' Social and Economic Rights under Domestic Law
10. Foreigners and Crime in Japan
11. The Japanese Perception of Foreigners
12. An Assessment of Current Immigration Policy Developments: Where to next?
Readings will be distributed by the class instructor.
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