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Introduction: reflexivity, culture and ethics&LIVIA HOLDEN 1

PART Ⅰ Patterns 11

1 South Asian Muslims and country expertise in the American immigration courts&SYLVIA VATUK 13

2 When South Asians marry trans-jurisdictionally: some reflections on immigration cases by an 'expert'&PRAKASH SHAH 35

3 French law courts and South Asian litigants&VERONIQUE BOUILLIER 53

PART Ⅱ Conflicts 71

4 Being on and being in: exposure and influence of academic experts in contemporary Denmark&STIG TOFT MADSEN 73

5 Witness statements and credibility assessments in the British asylum courts&ANTHONY GOOD 94

6 Honour killing? Or just plain homicide?&ROGER BALLARD 123

PART Ⅲ Narratives 149

7 Life and law: advocacy and expert witnessing in the UK&WERNER MENSKI 151

8 The case of S: elaborating the 'right5 narrative to fit normative /political expectations in asylum procedure in Italy&TOMMASO SBRICGOLI AND STEFANO JACOVIELLO 172

9 Expert report writing: professional commitments and legal outcomes&LIV1A HOLDEN 195

References cited 212

Index 226