Article 8 ECHR, Family Reunification and the UK’s Supreme Court

Family Matters?

Helena Wray (University of Exeter, UK)

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Hart Publishing
09 February 2023

Series: Human Rights Law in Perspective

How do courts reconcile protecting family life with immigration control in human rights cases? This book addresses that question through an analysis of 11 UK Supreme Court decisions on immigration and family life, mostly focusing on Article 8 ECHR, the right to respect for family life, and starting with Huang v SSHD in 2007. The analysis is set against a national context that includes the Human Rights Act 1998 and regular controversies over immigration.

The book explains how the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence has developed in recent years, but, particularly in the absence of children, it often still awards little weight to claims by citizens and residents to be joined by family when immigration status is an issue. This reflects governments’ resistance to encroachment on their control over borders. The Supreme Court decisions show that, despite powers conferred by the Human Rights Act, a more nuanced position in domestic law was difficult to articulate and sustain. The book explores the way in which these problems were reflected in the changing language, argumentation, and structure of judgments. These problems revealed judges to be strategic actors drawing on personal and institutional values and responding to the shifting political context.

A more generous reading of Article 8 would be legally coherent but needs wider societal support to be realisable. The book ends with a discussion of how, if such support were present, the jurisprudence could give more weight to the needs of families. It is vital reading for anyone interested in families and immigration, and in the problems and potential of human rights adjudication.

By: Helena Wray (University of Exeter UK)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781509902576
ISBN 10: 1509902570
Series: Human Rights Law in Perspective
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 09 February 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Helena Wray researches and teaches Migration Law at the University of Exeter, UK

Reviews for Article 8 ECHR, Family Reunification and the UK’s Supreme Court: Family Matters?

In this thoughtful, insightful, and deeply researched monograph, Wray investigates how the UK Supreme Court has approached human rights-based family reunification claims. * Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law * The book provides the reader with a deeper understanding of article 8, including an analysis of the provision’s legal, moral, and political impact and background. It is well written and well researched. I would recommend it to anyone interested in this area of law. * International Journal of Refugee Law *