dc.contributor.author | Gill, NM | |
dc.contributor.author | Rotter, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Burridge, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Allsopp, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-31T13:01:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-07-28 | |
dc.description.abstract | Studies of procedural in-court judicial discretion have highlighted a dilemma between the imperative to reduce it owing to its potential misuse and preserve it owing to its importance in protecting vulnerable groups. This article offers a new framework with which to enter this debate and new quantitative empirical evidence that favours the former position over the latter. Drawing upon 240 in-person observations of Britain’s First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), the article demonstrates that judicial discretionary behaviour that is either vulnerability-neutral, vulnerability-amplifying or correlated with extraneous factors outweighs vulnerability-redressing behaviour, despite the sensitivity of this particular jurisdiction and the guidelines that consequently exist for judges. These findings lend support to calls to limit judicial procedural discretion. The article concludes by offering some cost-effective suggestions about how to do so. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, grant number ES/J023426/1. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 28 July 2017 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0964663917703178 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/29139 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_GB |
dc.rights | Open access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | en_GB |
dc.subject | Administrative law | en_GB |
dc.subject | asylum seekers | en_GB |
dc.subject | appeals | en_GB |
dc.subject | discretion | en_GB |
dc.subject | equal treatment | en_GB |
dc.subject | extraneous | en_GB |
dc.subject | judicial behaviour | en_GB |
dc.subject | procedure | en_GB |
dc.subject | procedural justice | en_GB |
dc.subject | tribunals | en_GB |
dc.title | The limits of procedural discretion: Unequal treatment and vulnerability in Britain's asylum appeals | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-31T13:01:53Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0964-6639 | |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Social and Legal Studies | en_GB |