African asylum at a crossroads activism, expert testimony, and refugee rights
African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. This is the first book to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to African asylum cases and...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press
2015
2015. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435735806719 |
| Sumario: | African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. This is the first book to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to African asylum cases and the first to establish a rigorous analytical framework for interpreting the effects of this new reliance on expert testimony. Over the past two decades, courts in Western countries and beyond have begun demanding expert reports tailored to the experience of the individual claimant. As courts incre |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (465 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821445181 |
