Lawless Borders

Valsamis Mitsilegas is Dean of the School of Law and Social Justice and Professor of European and Global Law at the University of Liverpool.Elspeth Guild is Professor of Law at the University of Liverpool and the College of Europe, Bruges. Niovi Vavoula is Associate Professor and Chair in Cyber Policy at the University of Luxembourg.

“This book presents a brilliant synthesis of the logic of preventative border controls and their impact on the rule of law. Clear, concise and full of crucial legal references, it will also be central for anyone who wants to understand what is going on at the borders and beyond.” Didier Bigo, Sciences-Po Paris-CERI and King’s College London

• Introduction: Setting the ScenePart I: The Rule of Law Deficit in State Border Control Practices: From the External to the Externalized Border1. The Proliferation and Mutation of Extraterritorial Immigration Control2. The Rule of Law Deficit on the Border: The European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum3. Border Control through the Hostile EnvironmentPart II: Border Violence and Rule of Law: Examining the Role of Frontex in Lawless Border Control4. Borders, Power and Accountability: The Case of Frontex5. Frontex: Management and Internal Oversight6. EU External Oversight of Frontex and Border ViolencePart III: The Erosion of the Rule of Law through the Development of Europe’s Techno-Borders7. Technology-led Border Surveillance and the Rule of Law: Eurosur as a ‘Foggy’ Network of Information Exchange8. EU Large-scale IT Systems for Third-country Nationals Beyond the Rule of Law9. From Digitalization to Algorithmization in European Border Management: Automation, Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law10. Conclusion: Restoring the Rule of Law on the Border