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Article 1F and Anthropological Evidence: A Fine Line Between Justice and Injustice? (2023)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2023). Article 1F and Anthropological Evidence: A Fine Line Between Justice and Injustice?. Anthropological Forum: A journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology, 33(3), 268-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/00664677.2023.2298767

While all anthropological experts take pride when their evidence plays a vital role in securing protection for an asylum applicant, we also acutely remember the cases in which our research and reports were rejected, particularly when our reports appe... Read More about Article 1F and Anthropological Evidence: A Fine Line Between Justice and Injustice?.

The Judicial Assessment of Expert Evidence in the United Kingdom's Immigration and Asylum Chamber (2022)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2022). The Judicial Assessment of Expert Evidence in the United Kingdom's Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Laws, 11(32), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws11020032

This paper examines the role of cultural evidence submitted by anthropologists and social scientists to assist individuals seeking asylum in the United Kingdom. Expert evidence is an essential element in the way that Immigration Judges decide asylum... Read More about The Judicial Assessment of Expert Evidence in the United Kingdom's Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

Experts and the Judiciary: Reflections of an Anthropological Expert in the Field of Asylum and Migration Law (2022)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2022). Experts and the Judiciary: Reflections of an Anthropological Expert in the Field of Asylum and Migration Law. NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research, 11, 15-42

In this paper I draw on my experience as an anthropologist, twenty-six years work as a country expert and extensive research on asylum and immigration law and practice to assess how litigation has shaped the role of country experts and the way their... Read More about Experts and the Judiciary: Reflections of an Anthropological Expert in the Field of Asylum and Migration Law.

The limitations of international law at the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission and its implications for future conflict (2021)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2021). The limitations of international law at the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission and its implications for future conflict. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 15(4), 604-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2021.1989136

This paper examines the litigation strategies adopted by Eritrea and Ethiopia before the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission convened at The Permanent Commission of Arbitration at The Hague between 2001 and 2009. I pursue insights from the work of Lau... Read More about The limitations of international law at the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission and its implications for future conflict.

Interrogating the Role and Value of Cultural Expertise in Law (2020)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2020). Interrogating the Role and Value of Cultural Expertise in Law. Laws, 9(29), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws9040029

It is common for litigation to draw upon expert evidence to assist a judge to arrive at a balanced decision. This paper examines the role of one type of expert evidence submitted to courts, namely cultural expertise (CE), which provides information o... Read More about Interrogating the Role and Value of Cultural Expertise in Law.

Entanglements of Life with the Law : Precarity and Justice in London's Magistrates Courts (2020)
Book
Campbell, J. (2020). Entanglements of Life with the Law : Precarity and Justice in London's Magistrates Courts. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This book examines the quality and nature of justice dispensed in London’s magistrates’ courts which are the lowest level of the United Kingdom’s Criminal Justice System. In 2017 approximately two hundred thirty thousand individuals were prosecuted f... Read More about Entanglements of Life with the Law : Precarity and Justice in London's Magistrates Courts.

The quality of (in)justice in London's magistrates' courts (2020)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2020). The quality of (in)justice in London's magistrates' courts. Anthropology Today, 36(5), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12601

Concerns about structural racism and policing have fuelled public demands in the US, UK and elsewhere to ‘defund’ and demilitarize the police. However, given the interlinked nature of the entire criminal justice system – the police, courts and prison... Read More about The quality of (in)justice in London's magistrates' courts.

Guilt by Association: Contrasting views on the fairness of ‘secret trials’ of ‘terrorists’ (2020)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2020). Guilt by Association: Contrasting views on the fairness of ‘secret trials’ of ‘terrorists’. In J. Simeon (Ed.), Terrorism and Asylum (92-122). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004295995_005

This chapter examines key aspects of procedural justice which arise when individuals are detained under counter-terrorist legislation in the United Kingdom. The task requires a careful look at the legal proceedings which individuals who are detained... Read More about Guilt by Association: Contrasting views on the fairness of ‘secret trials’ of ‘terrorists’.

The Role of Lawyers, Judges and Country Experts in British Asylum and Immigration Law (2020)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2020). The Role of Lawyers, Judges and Country Experts in British Asylum and Immigration Law. International Journal of Law in Context: A global forum for interdisciplinary legal studies, 16(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552320000038

This paper examines the work of lawyers, judges and country experts involved in asylum and migration litigation. I begin by analysing their work in the wider semi-autonomous asylum field within which a number of powerful institutions operate to shape... Read More about The Role of Lawyers, Judges and Country Experts in British Asylum and Immigration Law.