Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Constitutionalising immigration law -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Germany Tempering the denial of immigration through the constitutional guarantees of fundamental rights -- 2. France Mitigating the restriction on immigration through the controˆle de leǵalite ́-- 3. Spain Acknowledging the phenomenon of immigration through the new constitutional framework -- 4. Comparing judicial activism in the field of immigration -- 5. Supranational mechanisms of protection of fundamental rights -- 6. Internal mechanisms of protection of fundamental rights -- 7. Judge-made law in the protection of fundamental rights -- Conclusion -- List of court decisions -- Notes -- References.