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Partition by degrees: routine exceptions in border and immigration practice between the UK and Ireland, 1921-1972

Murray, C. R. G. and Wincott, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9287-2150 2020. Partition by degrees: routine exceptions in border and immigration practice between the UK and Ireland, 1921-1972. Journal of Law and Society 47 (S1) , S145-S163. 10.1111/jols.12246

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Abstract

Using archival materials we reflect on the legal process of creating (and mitigating) a border in Ireland after partition in 1922 and interactions between those laws and the people they affected. After 1922 superficially durable exceptions developed to the territorial state’s distinctions between citizens and foreign nationals under the aegis of the Common Travel Area. They survived the 1930s UK-Ireland “Economic War”, were sustained (if in a restricted form) during the Second World War and rebuilt in its aftermath. These arrangements proved beneficial for both countries, providing an outlet for surplus labour for Ireland and a resource for the UK economy. We nonetheless explore how far practice reflected this overarching cooperative framework, particularly given the complications introduced by the policies of Northern Ireland’s institutions.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Cardiff Law & Politics
Law
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
K Law > KD England and Wales
K Law > KZ Law of Nations
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0263-323X
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 14 August 2020
Date of Acceptance: 23 June 2020
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2023 23:00
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134192

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