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Accepted Paper:
Expert evidence in British asylum courts: the judicial assessment of evidence on ethnic discrimination and statelessness in Ethiopia
John R. Campbell
(School of Oriental & African Studies)
Paper long abstract:
This paper explores judicial decision-making with specific regard to the evidence submitted in asylum claims listed to provide 'Country Guidance' for immigration judges on the issue of nationality and statelessness in Ethiopia. The decisions in the cases appear to reflect very different approaches to expert and other evidence submitted to the court, however I will argue that contrary to Latour (2010: 216), that facts may exert 'a real hold on the case' depending upon the rules of law