{"product_id":"african-asylum-at-a-crossroads-activism-expert-testimony-and-refugee-rights-hardcover","title":"African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIris Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrican Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver 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 increasingly draw upon such testimony in their deliberations, expertise in matters of asylum and refugee status is emerging as an academic area with its own standards, protocols, and guidelines. This deeply thoughtful book explores these developments and their effects on both asylum seekers and the experts whose influence may determine their fate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Iris Berger, Carol Bohmer, John Campbell, Katherine Luongo, E. Ann McDougall, Karen Musalo, Tricia Redeker Hepner, Amy Shuman, Joanna T. Tague, Meredith Terretta, and Charlotte Walker-Said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Berger, \u003c\/b\u003e is Vincent O'Leary Professor of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa in World History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTricia Redeker Hepner\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of anthropology and director of the Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights Program at the University of Tennessee. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSoldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles: Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin N. Lawrance\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and editor of eleven books, and editor in chief of the \u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is professor of History at the University of Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna T. Tague\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of African history at Denison University in Granville, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeredith Terretta\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa and the author of \u003ci\u003ePetitioning for Our Rights, Fighting for Our Nation: The History of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949-1960.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51063810916658,"sku":"9780821421383","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/H7plwb-PZw9780821421383.webp?v=1776250335","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/african-asylum-at-a-crossroads-activism-expert-testimony-and-refugee-rights-hardcover","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}