Administrative justice and asylum appeals : a study of tribunal adjudication / Robert Thomas.
2011
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Title
Administrative justice and asylum appeals : a study of tribunal adjudication / Robert Thomas.
Published
Oxford ; Portland. Or. : Hart, 2011.
Call Number
KD4142 .T56 2011
ISBN
9781841139364 (pbk.)
184113936X (pbk.)
184113936X (pbk.)
Description
xxvii, 314 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)607975208
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
v
Table of Cases
xi
Table of Legislation
xxv
1.
Administrative Justice, Quality and Asylum Adjudication
1
Quality and Administrative Justice
3
Asylum Adjudication
16
Research Methods
28
The Plan of the Book
31
2.
Asylum Decision-Making and its Organisation
33
The Asylum Decision Problem
34
Organising Decision-Making
50
The Tribunal's Jurisdiction and Organisation
61
Conclusion
65
3.
Costs, Accuracy and Decision Processes
67
Considering Costs
69
The Appeal Decision Process
77
The Timeliness of Decision-Making
94
Conclusion
99
4.
Appeal Hearings
101
The Pre-Hearing Stage
101
Substantive Hearings
107
Immigration Judge Questioning and the Absence of Representation
119
Closing the Hearing and Decision-Writing Targets
128
Conclusion
131
5.
Credibility
134
The Credibility Problem
134
Assessing Credibility
140
Hard Cases
159
Weighing it all up
161
Conclusion
165
6.
Country Information
167
The Problem of Country Information
168
Using Country Information
175
Country Information and the Appeals Process
180
Country Expert Evidence
182
Conclusion
194
7.
Country Guidance
196
The Country Guidance Concept
197
Managing Country Guidance
202
Assessing Country Information and Producing Guidance
206
Binding Factual Precedent or Authoritative Guidance?
214
Using Country Guidance
217
Appraising Country Guidance
220
Conclusion
234
8.
Onward Rights of Challenge
236
The Benefits and Costs of Onward Challenges
237
Organising Onward Challenges: An Excursus
240
The Value of Onward Challenges
259
Tribunals, Courts and Decision-Making Quality
271
Conclusion
278
9.
Conclusion
280
Evaluating Adjudicative Quality
281
Reconsidering Asylum Adjudication
287
Bibliography
295
Index
309