This new and revised Third Edition of Deborah Anker's Law of Asylum in the United States , now published by the Refugee Law Center, is the most detailed and comprehensive text available on U.S. asylum law. A unique resource for scholars, courts, adjudicators and practitioners, it utilizes domestic and international sources, published and unpublished BIA decisions, as well as manuals and instructions of administrative authorities, to provide the reader with an integrated description and analysis of all aspects of this complex area of law. A thorough review of the latest decisions and analysis on country-wide persecution, changed country conditions, administrative notice, meeting the Acosta Mogharrabi test for establishing the objective basis of the claim, using human rights documentation, establishing credibility, and producing corroboration. A complete examination of the various forms of political opinion, including imputed opinions based on family associations, employment and organizational membership. A comprehensive treatment of the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Elias-Zacarias.
Selected excerpts are available below.
Abbreviated Table of Contents Chapter One. Scope of this Work Chapter Two. Requirement of a Particularized Claim V. Standard of Proof in Withholding Claims Chapter Three. Credibility Chapter Four. Forms of Persecution V. Gender-Based Persecution Chapter Five.