Judging Refugees

Anthea Vogl is a senior lecturer in Law at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is an expert in the legal regulation of asylum, borders, refugees and non-citizens and her research has been published in leading journals and collections.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Law, Literature, and Narrative in the Rsd Oral Hearing; 3. How did we get Here? A history of the Oral Hearing in Australia and Canada; 4. The Stock Narrative of becoming a refugee; 5. Narrative contest as structuring the Oral Hearing; 6. 'I'll Just Stop You There': fragmentation of Refugees' Oral Testimony; 7. Beyond the demand for Narrative: genres of refugee testimony; 8. Conclusion.

'Judging Refugees is a landmark work. In pages packed with novel insights, Vogl gives the clearest and most persuasive account of the bind that refugee claimants face in trying to tell their stories. Anyone hoping to understand refugee status decision-making must read this book.' Hilary Evans Cameron, Professor of Law, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University