Practicing asylum : : a handbook for expert witnesses in Latin American gender-and sexuality-based asylum cases / / edited by Kimberly Gauderman.

"This multidisciplinary volume brings together experienced expert witnesses and immigration attorneys to highlight best practices and strategies for giving expert testimony in asylum cases. As the scale and severity of violence in Latin America has grown in the last decade, scholars and attorne...

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Place / Publishing House:Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, 2022.
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Dr. Thomas Davies, "I can't not do it" : testifying to a life of witness / Elizabeth Quay Hutchison
  • Guatemalan Women's Asylum in the U.S. : how legacies of inequity in Guatemala and the U.S. shape gender-based asylum / M. Gabriela Torres
  • Putting expertise to work : best practices for academic expert witnesses / Kimberly Gauderman
  • Understanding the legal framework of gender-based asylum : a guide for expert witnesses / J. Anna Cabot
  • The fragility of particular social groups : the differential weight of rape in gender-based violence and LGBTQ+ asylum cases / Kimberly Gauderman and M. Gabriela Torres
  • Practicing expert witnessing : tips from an expert / Kimberly Gauderman
  • History and politics of immigration, refugee, and asylum laws and policies in the U.S. / Kimberly Gauderman
  • Supporting asylum seekers in detention : an immigration attorney's guide / Natalie Hansen
  • Trauma and support for asylum seekers, attorneys, and expert witnesses / Maria Baldini-Potermin.