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100			_aFINE Shoshana
245			_aMigrant deaths in the name of law/ _cShoshana Fine, Thomas Lindemann
260			_c2024
520			_aWhile many studies have investigated the problem of migration deaths, to our knowledge attention has never focused on how political actors appeal to law to legitimize these deaths. In this empirical enquiry, it interrogated how the European Commission legitimizes its role in migrant deaths in the Mediterranean through appeals to law. One compelling function of law in this legitimization process is that it presents a narrative as logical and objective. A second aspect of legitimization through law is related to its moral function. Instead of regretting not being more active in saving migrant lives, the European Commission inversed the moral charge, presenting itself as guarantor of law and order that saves migrants if they respect legality. We argue that political actors do not simply submit passively to laws but that laws can also be a resource for the legitimization of what might seem at first glance immoral – in this case an implicit ‘right’ not to protect.
598			_aMIGRATION, POLITICAL ACTORS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, LEGITIMIZATION PROCESS, LAW AND ORDER, NEWARTICLS
650			_aMIGRATION
650			_aPOLITICAL ACTORS
650			_aEUROPEAN COMMISSION
650			_aLEGITIMIZATION PROCESS
650			_aLAW AND ORDER
773			_gSecurity Dialogue, Volume 55, Number 3, June 2024, pg.237-256
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