"This book focuses on a series of judgments by the UK's Supreme Court on the application of the right to respect for family life, contained in article 8 ECHR, to immigration decisions. These judgments have required the government to amend several aspects of its family migration policy and have become the centre of legal and political controversy, raising questions about the judicial function in a modern democracy, the influence on the legal system of European human rights law and the difficulties of controlling immigration in a globalised world. They have drawn judges into new territory and there is evidence that the senior judiciary is itself divided. Meanwhile, attempts by the government to reverse these judgments through rule changes and legislative amendment have added new layers to an already complex legal framework. In so doing, the book explains why the relationship between Article 8 and immigration is so legally and political complicated"--

1. Introduction: Family Reunification, Human Rights and JudgesI. About the BookII. Chapter OutlineIII. Family ReunificationIV. Human Rights and Family LifeV. JudgesVI. Methodology2. Introduction to the UK's Constitutional, Court and Immigration SystemI. IntroductionII. The UK's Legal and Constitutional FrameworkIII. The Human Rights Act 1998IV. Regulating Family Reunification in the UKV. The Immigration Control Framework in the UKVI. Appeals and the Court SystemVII. Conclusion3. The European Court of Human Rights: Strait is the GateI. IntroductionII. Why is Family Reunification and Article 8 So Problematic?III. Article 8(1): Family LifeIV. Article 8(2) Proportionality 1: Immigration Controls, Positive Obligations and the Margin of AppreciationV. Article 8(2) Proportionality 2: Fair BalanceVI. Conclusion4. Huang: Breathing Life into Article 8I. IntroductionII. The Immigration BattlegroundIII. A Sense of Judicial PurposeIV. The Legal Problem Addressed by HuangV. The Legal Findings in HuangVI. 'Human Beings are Social Animals'VII. The Aftermath of HuangVIII. The Signifi cance of Huang and its LimitsIX. Conclusion5. 'Good News from on High': The First Post-Huang PhaseI. IntroductionII. Beoku-Betts: Including All the FamilyIII. Chikwamba: Applying In-Country or AbroadIV. EB (Kosovo): Delay, Proportionality and Reinforcing HuangV. Reflections on the First Phase DecisionsVI. Conclusion6. Still Family First: The Second Post-Huang PhaseI. IntroductionII. Baiai: The Right to MarryIII. Mahad: Third Party SupportIV. ZH (Tanzania): The Best Interests of ChildrenV. Quila: Forced Marriage and the Minimum Age for Sponsorship or EntryVI. A Complex Relationship with Article 8VII. Conclusion7. The Supreme Court Rolls Back: The Third Post-Huang PhaseI. IntroductionII. A New BackgroundIII. Ali and Bibi: Pre-entry Language Testing 0IV. MM (Lebanon): The Minimum Income RequirementV. Agyarko: Regularisation and PrecariousnessVI. Reflections on the Third Phase DecisionsVII. Reflections on Huang and the Three PhasesVIII. Conclusion8. A Better Article 8 is PossibleI. IntroductionII. Why Human Rights?III. Stick or Twist? The Case for Treating Family Reunification as a Positive ObligationIV. Family Life Beyond the 'Core' FamilyV. The Public Interest 1: The 'General Interest' and Family LifeVI. The Public Interest 2: Immigration ControlVII. Precarious Residence and ExceptionalityVIII. Sponsors and CitizenshipIX. Family Life and Immigration: The New Approach in PracticeX. Conclusion9. Concluding RemarksI. IntroductionII. The Impact of Article 8 on Immigration PolicyIII. The Supreme Court as a Moral and Political ActorIV. A Coherent Legal Interpretation of Article 8V. Final Words: Making Family Matter