Anthropology and Expertise in the Asylum Courts

ISBN-13: 9781904385561 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 328 str.

Anthony Good; Jr. Good

Opis

Presents a study of the legal process of claiming asylum from an anthropological perspective, focusing on the role of expert evidence from 'country experts' such as anthropologists. This book describes how such evidence is used in assessments of asylum claims by the Home Office and by adjudicators and tribunals hearing asylum appeals.

Spis treści

Prologue.  Tales of Persecution.  Asylum as a Social and Political Problem.  Anthropologists and Lawyers.  Studying Asylum.  Convention Refugees: An Anthropological Approach.  Claiming Asylum.  Expert Evidence.  Assessing Credibility.  Weighing the Evidence.  Reaching Decisions.  Risk, Authority and Expertise.  

O autorze

Anthony Good is Professor of Social Anthropology in Practice at Edinburgh University. His current research on asylum arises out of wide experience as an expert witness in asylum cases. His prior research concerned Hinduism, kinship, and rural development in South India and Sri Lanka, where he formerly taught Physical Chemistry at Peradeniya University. Previous books include Research Practices in the Study of Kinship (1984; with Alan Barnard), The Female Bridegroom (1992), and The Ceremonial Economy of a Royal South Indian Temple (2004).