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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berger, Iris, 1941- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Political refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > Africa.
Asylum, Right of > Africa.
Evidence, Expert.
Expertises.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
LAW > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Asylum, Right of
Evidence, Expert
Political refugees > Legal status, laws, etc.
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages .)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821445181
0821445189
9780821421383
0821421387

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