Feminist jurisprudence, administrative justice and asylum

This chapter explores the justice of administrative decision-making through the lens of feminist jurisprudence. First, it suggests an alternative methodological approach to the development of theoretical models of good decision-making, one that is grounded in the voices and experiences of those who are the subjects of decision-making processes. Second, it argues that, by methodologically centring the voices of those seeking welfare assistance, new light is shed on the content of existing constructs of good decision processes, complicating the notion of participation as a decision-making value. The chapter draws on the feminist scholarship on asylum law, policy and practice that considers the experiences of asylum-seeking women.