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Migrants and Justice in Qatar: Time, Mobility, Language, and Ethnography

The Immigrant Other: Lived Experiences in a Transnational World, Rich Furman, Greg Lamphear, and Douglas Epps, eds. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016

7 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2019

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Andrew Gardner

University of Puget Sound

Silvia Pessoa

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Laura Harkness

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: January 1, 2016

Abstract

This ethnographically-informed chapter summarizes some of the systemic challenges in the portion of the Qatar justice system that's configured to address and adjudicate migrants' problems. The analysis focuses on the role of language and translation in that justice system; on the limits of migrants' mobility in the urban landscape of the city; and on the long timelines to justice that characterize their experiences in the justice system.

Keywords: Qatar, migration, justice, kafala, legal anthropology

Suggested Citation

Gardner, Andrew and Pessoa, Silvia and Harkness, Laura, Migrants and Justice in Qatar: Time, Mobility, Language, and Ethnography (January 1, 2016). The Immigrant Other: Lived Experiences in a Transnational World, Rich Furman, Greg Lamphear, and Douglas Epps, eds. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3408467

Andrew Gardner (Contact Author)

University of Puget Sound ( email )

1500 N Warner St.
Tacoma, WA 98416
United States

Silvia Pessoa

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Laura Harkness

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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