Refugee roulette
Subtitle: disparities in asylum adjudication and proposals for reform
By: edited by Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew I. Schoenholtz, and Philip G. Schrag ; foreword by Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Contributors: Ramji-Nogales, Jaya.; Schoenholtz, Andrew Ian, 1951-; Schrag, Philip G., 1943-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814740743
Subjects: Asylum, Right of -- United States; Administrative procedure -- United States; Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Judicial statistics -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The asylum process; title: The regional asylum offices; title: The immigration courts; title: The board of immigration appeals; title: The United States courts of appeals; title: Conclusions and policy recommendations; title: Refugee roulette in the Canadian casino /  Audrey Macklin; title: Refugee roulette a UK perspective / Robert Thomas; title: Consistency, credibility, and culture / Bruce Einhorn; title: Asylum in a different voice? : judging immigration claims and gender / Carrie Menkel-Meadow; title: Refugee roulette in an administrative law context : the déjà vu of decisional disparities in agency adjudication / Margaret Taylor; title: Learning to live with unequal justice : asylum and the limits to consistency / Steven Legomsky; title: The counsel conundrum : effective representation in immigration proceedings / Margaret Mckeown and Allegra Mcleod.