Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The Purpose of Refugee Law -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 THE PROBLEM -- 1.3 DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION -- 1.4 DE FACTO STATELESSNESS -- 1.5 HUMAN RIGHTS -- 1.6 MUTUAL AID -- 1.7 NECESSITY: THE LIMITS OF DETERRENCE -- 1.8 CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 2 Current Strategies to Restrict the Scope of the Refugee Concept -- 2.1 PERSECUTION AND STATE RESPONSIBILITY -- 2.2 WELL FOUNDED FEAR AS OBJECTIVE STANDARD -- 2.3 ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF APPLICABLE HUMAN RIGHTS -- 2.4 THE REASONS OF PERSECUTION AND DISCRIMINATION -- Chapter 3 The Necessity Approach to Interpreting the Refugee Concept -- 3.1 PERSECUTION -- 3.2 WELL FOUNDED FEAR -- 3.3 REASONS OF PERSECUTION -- Chapter 4 Asylum -- 4.1 THE POWER (OR RIGHT) OF THE STATE TO GRANT ASYLUM -- 4.2 THE DUTY OF THE STATE TO GRANT ASYLUM -- 4.3 ASYLUM: TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT? -- 4.4 ASYLUM ELSEWHERE -- Chapter 5 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W.