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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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Berger, Iris (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio Ohio University Press 2015, 2015
Subjects:
Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
Political Science / Human Rights
Law / General
Evidence, Expert
Africa / Fast
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:xiv, 272 pages .

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