03418 am 22006853u 450 991031645420332120230922192550.00-8214-4518-9(CKB)3710000000421543(EBL)2055233(SSID)ssj0001481286(PQKBManifestationID)12633188(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481286(PQKBWorkID)11517941(PQKB)11661729(MiAaPQ)EBC2055233(ScCtBLL)42703268-e8e5-498a-bbd9-86e03913f77e(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26923(PPN)272833096(EXLCZ)99371000000042154320190119d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican asylum at a crossroads activism, expert testimony, and refugee rights /edited by Iris Berger [and four others] ; foreword by Penelope Andrews ; afterword by Fallou NgomOhio University Press2015Athens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,2015.1 online resource (465 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8214-2138-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Law, Expertise, and Protean Ideas about African Migrants; 1: Before Asylum and the Expert Witness; 2: Fraudulent Asylum Seeking as Transnational Mobilization[18]; 3: The Evolving Refugee Definition; 4: Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts; 5: "The Immigration People Know the Stories. There's One for Each Country"; 6: Cultural Silences as an Excuse for Injustice; 7: Between Advocacy and Deception; 8: Allegations, Evidence, and Evaluation; 9: Sexual Minorities among African Asylum Claimants10: The "Asylum-Advocacy Nexus" in Anthropological PerspectiveAFTERWORD; About the Authors; IndexAfrican 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 increPolitical refugeesLegal status, laws, etcAfricaAsylum, Right ofAfricaEvidence, ExpertPolitical Sciencehuman rightslawAfrican studiesrefugee rightsPolitical refugeesLegal status, laws, etc.Asylum, Right ofEvidence, Expert.342.6083POL035010LAW000000bisacshBerger Irisedt662499Berger Iris1941-Andrews PenelopeNgom FallouMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910316454203321African asylum at a crossroads3560743UNINA