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    Homelessness and the law : constitution, criminal law and human rights / G.J. Vonk & A. Tollenaar (eds.).

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    • Title:Homelessness and the law : constitution, criminal law and human rights / G.J. Vonk & A. Tollenaar (eds.).
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Vonk, G. J.
      Tollenaar, A.
    • Published/Created:Oisterwijk, The Netherlands : Wolf Legal Publishers, ©2014.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Homelessness--Law and legislation.
    • Description:236 p. ; 24 cm
    • Summary:Ever since Dickens wrote his great novels we know that homelessness and the law are closely related. The relationship has not always been a good one for the individuals concerned. Now we have a welfare state and much has improved. The prevention of homelessness and the protection of the homeless has become a constitutional imperative. Yet this does not mean to say that the law always works in favour of the inclusion and emancipation of the homeless. Rigid exclusions remain, in particular for immigrants and repressive responses are on the rise. In the meantime courts soften the worse consequences of these policies by offering human rights remedies. 0This book brings together a selection of legal issues relating to the plight of the homeless. They are placed under the headings of: constitution, repression, immigration and human rights. The chapters give a unique insight into the latest policy developments in developed countries. The chapters cover legal issues in Australia, Canada, Switzerland and seven member states of the European Union.0The overall conclusion is that homelessness creates a curious paradox in our legal orders. The same system that is responsible for exclusions and repression (in terms of national positive law) calls for the protection of the victims of these practices (in terms of human rights guarantees).
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9789462400948
      9462400946
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Homelessness and the law: a general introduction
      1. Introduction / Gijsbert Vonk
      2. Homelessness as a constitutional challenge / Gijsbert Vonk
      2.1. Legal issues / Gijsbert Vonk
      2.2. Policy challenges: local dumping / Gijsbert Vonk
      3. Homelessness, public order and criminal law / Gijsbert Vonk
      3.1. Legal issues / Gijsbert Vonk
      3.2. Policy challenges: the rise of the repressive welfare state / Gijsbert Vonk
      4. Homelessness and immigration / Gijsbert Vonk
      4.1. Legal issues / Gijsbert Vonk
      4.2. Policy challenges: from exclusion to integration / Gijsbert Vonk
      5. Human rights responses and access to justice / Gijsbert Vonk
      5.1. Legal issues / Gijsbert Vonk
      5.2. Policy challenges: homeless services should reflect basic human rights standards / Gijsbert Vonk
      6. Proposals for ameliorating the legal position of the homeless / Gijsbert Vonk
      6.1. Towards unlimited access to the social safety net for EU-mobile citizens / Gijsbert Vonk
      6.2. Towards common EU standards for the protection of vulnerable persons in extreme need / Gijsbert Vonk
      ch. 2 Homelessness, constitution and governance / Gijsbert Vonk
      1. Introduction / Albertjan Tollenaar
      2. Ingredients for the constitutional framework / Albertjan Tollenaar
      3. Constitutional framework for the homeless / Albertjan Tollenaar
      3.1. Positive and negative state action / Albertjan Tollenaar
      3.2. Negative state action / Albertjan Tollenaar
      3.3. Positive state action 3o / Albertjan Tollenaar
      4. Governance of homeless issues / Albertjan Tollenaar
      4.1. Governance of the constitutional framework in general / Albertjan Tollenaar
      4.2. France: encampments of Roma / Albertjan Tollenaar
      4.3. Netherlands: the case of the illegal immigrant / Albertjan Tollenaar
      4.4. America: Opening Doors / Albertjan Tollenaar
      4.5. Comparison: the governance of homelessness / Albertjan Tollenaar
      5. Conclusion: fertile ground for social dumping / Albertjan Tollenaar
      ch. 3 legal infrastructure to combat homelessness in the Czech Republic Katerina Benasova / Albertjan Tollenaar
      1. Introduction / Albertjan Tollenaar
      2. Research / Albertjan Tollenaar
      2.1. Legislation / Albertjan Tollenaar
      2.2. Programme for preventing and combating homelessness in the Czech Republic valid until 2020 / Albertjan Tollenaar
      2.3. Social benefits available to homeless people / Albertjan Tollenaar
      2.4. Social services available to homeless people / Albertjan Tollenaar
      2.5. Situation in Prague / Albertjan Tollenaar
      3. Conclusions / Albertjan Tollenaar
      ch. 4 right to housing as a constitutional imperative; the situation in Canada / Albertjan Tollenaar
      1. Introduction and legal sources / Elizabeth Perreault
      2. Defining adequate housing and the right to housing / Elizabeth Perreault
      3. right to housing in Canadian legislation / Elizabeth Perreault
      3.1. Canadian constitution / Elizabeth Perreault
      3.2. Federal laws / Elizabeth Perreault
      3.3. Provincial laws / Elizabeth Perreault
      4. Main bodies involved in the right to housing and the fight against homelessness / Elizabeth Perreault
      4.1. Bodies financed by the federal government / Elizabeth Perreault
      4.2. Bodies financed by the provincial government / Elizabeth Perreault
      4.3. Bodies financed by both levels of government / Elizabeth Perreault
      5. right to housing in legal proceedings / Elizabeth Perreault
      6. Landmark cases / Elizabeth Perreault
      7. Homelessness and the lack of affordable housing / Elizabeth Perreault
      8. Conclusion / Elizabeth Perreault
      ch. 5 Tackling anti-social behaviour and homelessness with exclusion orders in the Netherlands, Belgium, England and Wales / Elizabeth Perreault
      1. Introduction, / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      2. Exclusion orders in the Netherlands / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      2.1. Qualifying the exclusion order / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      3. Exclusion orders in Belgium / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      3.1. Qualifying the exclusion order / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      4. Exclusion orders in England and Wales / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      4.1. Qualifying the exclusion order / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      5. Evaluation of the exclusion orders / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      6. Conclusion / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      ch. 6 Down and under: criminal law enforcement and treatment programmes in Australia / Michel Vols / Dewi Duran
      1. Introduction / Andrew Fletcher
      2. history of homelessness and criminal laws in NSW / Andrew Fletcher
      3. current legal framework / Andrew Fletcher
      4. role of law enforcement / Andrew Fletcher
      5. Government solutions / Andrew Fletcher
      6. Conclusion / Andrew Fletcher
      ch. 7 Is begging a crime? A case from the Netherlands / Andrew Fletcher
      1. Introduction / Koen Bandsma
      2. Prohibition of begging in the Netherlands / Koen Bandsma
      2.1. History of the prohibition / Koen Bandsma
      2.2. former begging prohibition / Koen Bandsma
      2.3. Why was it abolished? / Koen Bandsma
      3. Begging in Groningen / Koen Bandsma
      3.1. History of anti-begging legislation in Groningen / Koen Bandsma
      3.2. prohibition in Groningen / Koen Bandsma
      3.3. Why a prohibition? / Koen Bandsma
      4. Putting the prohibition into practice in Groningen / Koen Bandsma
      4.1. Enforcement of the prohibition / Koen Bandsma
      4.2. Does the prohibition work? / Koen Bandsma
      4.3. second argument: lack of possibilities in the APVG / Koen Bandsma
      5. Conclusion / Koen Bandsma
      ch. 8 Is the threat of homelessness a relevant factor in sentencing? / Koen Bandsma
      1. Introduction / Miko van der Veen
      2. discretion of the courts / Miko van der Veen
      3. Principle of equality / Miko van der Veen
      4. Different sentencing objectives / Miko van der Veen
      5. Law and economics / Miko van der Veen
      6. How far should we go? / Miko van der Veen
      7. Conclusion / Miko van der Veen
      ch. 9 Access to social assistance for EU-citizens in Germany / Miko van der Veen
      1. Introduction / Valentin Günther
      1.1. Preface / Valentin Günther
      1.2. Methodology and structure / Valentin Günther
      2. Entitlement to social assistance for EUR citizens / Valentin Günther
      2.1. social system and social law in Germany / Valentin Günther
      2.2. General entitlement requirements for Grundsicherung fur Arbeitsuchende / Valentin Günther
      2.3. Right to free movement and right of residence for EU citizens / Valentin Günther
      2.4. Exclusionary provisions of the SGB II and legal conflicts / Valentin Günther
      2.5. Entitlement to Sozialhilfe for EU citizens / Valentin Günther
      2.6. Discretionary benefits / Valentin Günther
      2.7. Current developments / Valentin Günther
      3. Entitlement to Kindergeld / Valentin Günther
      4. Conclusion / Valentin Günther
      ch. 10 Swiss social assistance for foreign nationals / Valentin Günther
      1. Introduction / Delphine Poussin
      2. Swiss social assistance and foreign nationals / Delphine Poussin
      2.1. History / Delphine Poussin
      2.2. ources and competent organs / Delphine Poussin
      2.3. Personal and territorial scope of application, the situation of foreign nationals / Delphine Poussin
      3. situation of the Roma in Geneva / Delphine Poussin
      3.1. Who are the Roma and what are their reasons for migrating to other European countries / Delphine Poussin
      3.2. Roma in Geneva / Delphine Poussin
      3.3. Anti-Roma measures / Delphine Poussin
      3.4. Roma and the social assistance in Geneva / Delphine Poussin
      4. Geneva law prohibiting begging / Delphine Poussin
      4.1. Begging / Delphine Poussin
      4.2. law / Delphine Poussin
      4.3. case / Delphine Poussin
      4.4. Different opinions of associations and political parties / Delphine Poussin
      5. Conclusion / Delphine Poussin
      ch. 11 What does the right to housing in the United Kingdom entail and can it be said to be fair and non-discriminatory / Delphine Poussin
      1. Introduction / Sarah Wallace
      1.1. Intention / Sarah Wallace
      1.2. Reason for investigating the right to housing / Sarah Wallace
      1.3. Method / Sarah Wallace
      1.4. Sources to be used / Sarah Wallace
      2. right to housing / Sarah Wallace
      2.1. right to housing and where it can be found / Sarah Wallace
      2.2. What housing and housing assistance can include / Sarah Wallace
      2.3. How is housing and housing assistance administrated and financed in the United Kingdom / Sarah Wallace
      3. Determining eligibility for entitlement to housing / Sarah Wallace
      3.1. United Kingdom nationals / Sarah Wallace
      3.2. Refugees / Sarah Wallace
      3.3. Indefinite leave / Sarah Wallace
      3.4. Limited leave / Sarah Wallace
      3.5. European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) nationals and workers / Sarah Wallace
      3.6. Croatians / Sarah Wallace
      3.7. Those with no access to public funds / Sarah Wallace
      4. tests for housing and housing assistance after the eligibility test / Sarah Wallace
      5. Localism Act 2011 / Sarah Wallace
      6. Further developments / Sarah Wallace
      7. Lack of information and knowledge / Sarah Wallace
      8. perception that foreign migrants are favoured in allocating social housing / Sarah Wallace
      9. Conclusion / Sarah Wallace
      Contents note continued: ch. 12 Rightlessness under the rule of law in the Netherlands? On the position of non-returnable foreign nationals in the Netherlands / Sarah Wallace
      1. Introduction / Sybren Koopmans
      2. Irregular stay according to the Dutch Immigration Act / Sybren Koopmans
      3. Consequences of irregular stay in the Netherlands / Sybren Koopmans
      3.1. Consequences / Sybren Koopmans
      3.2. Non-returnable foreign nationals / Sybren Koopmans
      4. Dutch legislation and human rights / Sybren Koopmans
      4.1. Important international conventions and regulations / Sybren Koopmans
      4.2. Human rights case law / Sybren Koopmans
      5. Conclusions / Sybren Koopmans
      ch. 13 impact of the criminalisation of illegal stay on the living conditions of undocumented migrants / Sybren Koopmans
      1. Introduction / Dennis Ros
      2. Netherlands / Dennis Ros
      2.1. Illegal stay and homelessness / Dennis Ros
      2.2. Dutch bill on the criminalisation of illegal stay / Dennis Ros
      2.3. expected impact of the criminalisation of illegal stay on the living conditions of undocumented migrants / Dennis Ros
      3. United Kingdom / Dennis Ros
      4. Germany / Dennis Ros
      5. Conclusion / Dennis Ros
      ch. 14 Effectiveness of EU Law in Protecting Housing Rights in the Area of Credit Agreements Relating to Residential Property / Dennis Ros
      1. Introduction / Jochem de Kok
      2. Substantive Rights / Jochem de Kok
      2.1. Consumer Protection Directives / Jochem de Kok
      2.2. Mortgage Credit Directive / Jochem de Kok
      2.3. Procedural Rights / Jochem de Kok
      3. Conclusion / Jochem de Kok
      ch. 15 Homelessness and access to justice in the UK / Jochem de Kok
      1. Abstract / Anna Willis
      2. role of local charities in providing access to justice / Anna Willis
      3. limitations of access to justice in light of legal aid / Anna Willis
      4. Discrimination against homeless people / Anna Willis
      5. Conclusion / Anna Willis
      ch. 16 Homelessness and Access to Justice in the Netherlands / Anna Willis
      1. Introduction / Rieneke Roorda
      2. legal framework of social care for homeless people in the Netherlands / Rieneke Roorda
      3. Access to justice / Rieneke Roorda
      4. Access to justice for homeless people in the Netherlands / Rieneke Roorda
      5. Conclusion / Rieneke Roorda.
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