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.