Assessed Research Proposal
Assessed Research Proposal
The Rwanda Policy; Is it Legal? Evaluating the Rwanda Policy from the international laws point of view.
School of Law
University of Liverpool
Research Proposal
The Rwanda Policy; Is it Legal? Evaluating the Rwanda Policy from the international laws point of view.
Aims
The purpose of this research is to determine why people cross the channels on a small boat to the UK.
To analyse the immigration laws in England and Wales compared to international laws on human rights.
Objectives
Identify factors that lead to migration through the channel on a small boat.
Investigate the immigration laws that protect migrants in the United Kingdom.
Investigate the recent immigration laws put in place to deter people from the dangerous channels crossing.
Analyse how the Rwanda policy conflicts with the international laws on human rights.
Research Question
To what extent are the recent immigration laws relating to the Rwanda Policy effective?
What was the policy about?
Which category of immigrants would be taken to Rwanda?
To what will the policy deter people from channel crossing and illegal immigration in general?
What are the uncertainties?
What other countries have pursued similar policies.
Research Methodology
This research project will use a legal methodology to analyse both primary and secondary sources. The primary sources will include case law, statutes and law report while the secondary sources will be looking at journal articles and legal textbooks. The socio-legal methodology moves away from solely looking at the laws and statutes and instead explores the law in legal institutions and society from the perspective of the social sciences. Socio-legal scholars argue that it is important to go beyond traditional black-letter approach when studying the law as the law does not operate vacuum.
This dissertation adopts a socio-legal methodology to analyse primary and secondary sources. The primary sources to be used include statutes, case law and law reports. The secondary sources cover legal textbooks, journal articles and reports. A socio-legal methodology moves away from solely looking at the laws and statutes and instead explores the law in legal institutions and society from the perspective of the social sciences. Socio-legal scholars argue that it is important to go beyond traditional black-letter approach when studying the law as the law does not operate in vacuum.
A socio-legal methodology approach would be the most effective way of carrying out this research as I want to study the current law in action and not focus on the history of the law. Furthermore, I would like to explore the different perspectives on legal issues and incorporate non-legal issues into the context of law which can also be achieved through socio-legal methodology.
Literature Reviews
To be completed
Chapter Headings
Chapter 1- Introduction
Chapter 2- Literature Review
Chapter 3- An Evaluation of the British immigration laws and how it conflicts with international human rights. Available defences for the new policy in England and Wales.
Chapter 4- The impact of the new policy on migrants
Chapter 5- The uncertainties of this policy on the asylum seekers
Chapter 6- Conclusion and Recommendations
Ethical considerations
Ethical procedures from Liverpool Hope University have been followed. This dissertation involves no human participation and has no ethical issues.
Time planning for dissertation
Task
Time required to complete Completion Date
Writing the first draft of chapter one 2-3 weeks January 2024
Incorporating feedback from supervisor Less than a week Beginning of February 2024
Writing the first draft of chapter two and three 5-6 weeks March 2024
Reviewing first drafts of chapters two and three Less than a week March 2024
Writing the first draft of chapters four and five 5-6 weeks April 2024
Reviewing chapters four and five and concluding the dissertation 2 weeks Beginning of May 2024
Include smaller sections of dissertation Less than a week May 2024
