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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. (in press). 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. (in press). 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)
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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. (in press). 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.

Examining Procedural Unfairness and Credibility Findings in the UK Asylum System (2020)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2020). Examining Procedural Unfairness and Credibility Findings in the UK Asylum System. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 39(1), 56-75. https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdz017

This article addresses a key problem confronted by immigration judges (IJs) in their assessment of the asylum claims of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children – who are often not allowed to speak or participate in their own hearings – namely the manne... Read More about Examining Procedural Unfairness and Credibility Findings in the UK Asylum System.

Analysing public policy in the UK : Seeing through the secrecy, obfuscation and obstruction of the FOIA by the Home Office (2019)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2019). Analysing public policy in the UK : Seeing through the secrecy, obfuscation and obstruction of the FOIA by the Home Office. In K. Walby, & A. Luscombe (Eds.), Freedom of Information and Social Science Research Design (173-190). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429437717-12

In this chapter, I address problems confronted by researchers who attempt to exercise their right to request information under the United Kingdom’s Freedom of Information Act (2000), namely the struggle to obtain information from obstructive governme... Read More about Analysing public policy in the UK : Seeing through the secrecy, obfuscation and obstruction of the FOIA by the Home Office.

Conflicting Perspectives on the ‘Migrant Crisis’ in the Horn of Africa (2019)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2019). Conflicting Perspectives on the ‘Migrant Crisis’ in the Horn of Africa. In C. Menjivar, M. Ruis, & I. Ness (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of migration crises. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190856908.013.35

In sharp contrast to the sense of a “migrant crisis” which prevails in Europe, nation states in the Horn of Africa understand migration, including state-induced population displacement, as unexceptional. The chapter addresses this apparent paradox by... Read More about Conflicting Perspectives on the ‘Migrant Crisis’ in the Horn of Africa.

Can Law Achieve Happiness? Critical Reflections on Criminal Justice (2018)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2018). Can Law Achieve Happiness? Critical Reflections on Criminal Justice. The journal of comparative law, 13(2), 21-32

This paper applies Bentham’s utilitarian philosophy to contemporary criminal law in the United Kingdom. This task necessarily requires that I begin by addressing Bentham’s assumptions about the role of the legislator and of law which are central to h... Read More about Can Law Achieve Happiness? Critical Reflections on Criminal Justice.

The World of Home Office Presenting Officers (2018)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2019). The World of Home Office Presenting Officers. In N. Gill, & A. Good (Eds.), Asylum Determination in Europe: Ethnographic Perspectives (91-108). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94749-5_5

In the adversarial context of litigation conducted in the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal, HOPO’s are elusive: they are only seen when they enter a Tribunal hearing room to defend a decision taken by the Home Office official to refuse asylum, bail or... Read More about The World of Home Office Presenting Officers.

Bureaucracy, Law and Dystopia in the United Kingdom's Asylum System (2016)
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Campbell, J. (2016). Bureaucracy, Law and Dystopia in the United Kingdom's Asylum System. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315444802

Based on ethnographic research over a two year period, this book follows and analyzes asylum appeals in the British courts. While the organization of the book reflects the formal asylum process, a focus on specific legal appeals reveals the 'politica... Read More about Bureaucracy, Law and Dystopia in the United Kingdom's Asylum System.

Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrants in Britain. Refugee Organising, Transnational Connections and Identity, 1950-2009 (2015)
Journal Article
Campbell, J., & Afework, S. (2015). Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrants in Britain. Refugee Organising, Transnational Connections and Identity, 1950-2009. African Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Africa in a Global World, 8(1), 98-119. https://doi.org/10.1163/18725465-00801005

This paper explores key aspects of the immigrant experience of 50,000-plus Ethiopians and Eritreans who live in the United Kingdom. We seek to understand the extent to which immigrant life in the UK has acted ‘as a kind of pivot’ between integrating... Read More about Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrants in Britain. Refugee Organising, Transnational Connections and Identity, 1950-2009.

Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa (2015)
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Campbell, J. (2015). Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203584057

In 1998 a bloody war erupted in The Horn of Africa between Ethiopia and Eritrea. During the war Ethiopia arrested and expelled 70,000 of its citizens, and stripped another 50,000-plus of their citzenship on the basis of their presumed ethnicity. Nati... Read More about Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa.

Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts: The Judicial Assessment of Evidence on Ethnic Discrimination and Statelessness in Ethiopia (2015)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2015). Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts: The Judicial Assessment of Evidence on Ethnic Discrimination and Statelessness in Ethiopia. In I. Berger, T. Redeker Hepner, B. N. Lawrance, J. T. Tague, & M. Terretta (Eds.), African Asylum at the Cross Roads (102-120). Ohio University Press

In this chapter, I examine the decisions of adjudicators in the UK's Immigration and Asylum Chamber. The British system is based on the adversarial model, in which the claim of an individual seeking asylum is argued in court before an adjudicator: as... Read More about Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts: The Judicial Assessment of Evidence on Ethnic Discrimination and Statelessness in Ethiopia.

Asylum vs sovereignty in the 21st century: How nation-state's breach international law to block access to asylum. (2015)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2015). Asylum vs sovereignty in the 21st century: How nation-state's breach international law to block access to asylum. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 2(1), 24-39. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMBS.2016.074636

Asylum was created by the international community in the 20th century to provide legal protection to individuals fleeing persecution by nation states; but the ability to secure asylum has been fundamentally reshaped by sovereign national interests in... Read More about Asylum vs sovereignty in the 21st century: How nation-state's breach international law to block access to asylum..