Refugee roulette : disparities in asylum adjudication and proposals for reform /

Ramji-Nogales, Jaya.

Refugee roulette : disparities in asylum adjudication and proposals for reform / Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew I. Schoenholtz, and Philip G. Schrag ; foreword by Edward M. Kennedy. - New York : New York University Press, c2009. - xix, 335 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The asylum process -- The regional asylum offices -- The immigration courts -- The board of immigration appeals -- The United States courts of appeals -- Conclusions and policy recommendations -- Refugee roulette in the Canadian casino / Audrey Macklin -- Refugee roulette : a UK perspective / Robert Thomas -- Consistency, credibility, and culture / Bruce J. Einhorn -- Asylum in a different voice? : judging immigration claims and gender / Carrie Menkel-Meadow -- Refugee roulette in an administrative law context : the déjà vu of decisional disparities in agency adjudication / Margaret H. Taylor -- Learning to live with unequal justice : asylum and the limits to consistency / Steven H. Legomsky -- The counsel conundrum : effective representation in immigration proceedings / M. Margaret McKeown and Allegra McLeod.

9780814740743 (hbk. : alk. paper) 081474074X (hbk. : alk. paper)

2009014685

GBA974552 bnb

015337147 Uk


Asylum, Right of--United States.
Administrative procedure--United States.
Political refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Judicial statistics--United States.

KF4836 / .R36 2009

342.73083 / RAM

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