Peter Higgins is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Department Member in Women’s and Gender Studies at Eastern Michigan University. His research applies a feminist perspective to issues of global justice.

• The Philosophical and Empirical ContextNationalist Approaches to Immigration JusticeCosmopolitan Approaches to Immigration JusticeThe Priority of Disadvantage PrincipleImmigration Justice: In Defense of the Priority of Disadvantage PrincipleAdmission, Exclusion, and Beyond: Which Immigration Policies Are Just?BibliographyNotes

Immigration Justice contains an assortment of virtues. It offers a terrific overview of key positions in contemporary immigration philosophy. Higgins's picture of immigration justice is certainly innovative; he gives a circumscribed defense of closed borders that aims to respond to the needs of the most disadvantaged as opposed to the philosophically shaky claims of prescriptive nationalism. The PDP [Priority of Disadvantage Principle] is not only philosophically rich but also potentially useful for crafting a range of forward-looking immigration policies.