Claire Nolasco Braaten, Daniel Braaten

Benched Justice

How Judges Decide Asylum Claims and Asylum Rights of Unaccompanied Minors

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a gripping analysis of the hidden factors that affect the asylum claims and rights of unaccompanied minors in the US. This book reveals how politics, economics, and social pressures shape the decisions of immigration judges and how federal courts respond to policies impacting these vulnerable minors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781666934465
• ISBN-10: 1666934461
• Artikelnr.: 68401176

Autorenporträt

Claire Nolasco Braaten is associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Political Science at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Daniel Braaten is associate professor of Political Science in the Department of Criminology and Political Science at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Legal Background of U.S. Asylum Proceedings Involving
Unaccompanied Alien Children
Part I
Chapter 2: Judicial Decision Making at the Macro-Level: How do Immigration
Judges Decide?
Chapter 3: Judicial Decision Making at The Macro-Level: How Does the Board
of Immigration Appeals Decide?
Part II
Chapter 4: Judicial Decision Making at the Micro-Level: Federal Courts'
Decision Making on Procedural Rights and Procedural Due Process of
Unaccompanied Minors in the U.S.
Chapter 5: Judicial Decision Making at the Micro-Level: Federal Court
Decisions on Substantive Law and Rights
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Authors