Access to justice by Rhode, Deborah L instant download

Access to justice by Rhode, Deborah L instant download

xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm, Criticizes a legal system in which only the wealthy can afford essential services from the country's numerous attorneys. As legislators cut budgets for legal-aid providers and as prestigious law firms reduce their pro bono commitments to mere lip service, the poor find themselves represented by unqualified and negligent lawyers in criminal cases and by no one at all in civil courts and bureaucratic proceedings. Makes the case for reforms which include the development of procedures for resolving disputes without lawyers or court hearings, the distribution of legal self-help materials, the expansion of pro-bono services, and the adequate funding of legal-aid agencies, Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-240) and index, Too Much Law, Too Little Justice Equal Justice Under Law: The Gap Between Principle and Practice A. Defining The Goal: Access For Whom? For What? How Much? And Who Should Decide? The Increasing Role of Law and the Rationale for Legal Assistance The Inadequacy of Legal Assistance Self-Representation and Nonlawyer Assistance The Limitations of Lawyers' Pro Bono Service An Agenda For Reform Litigation and Its Discontents: Too Much Law For Those Who Can Afford It, Too Little for Everybody Else Legal Hypochondria: Argument by Anecdote Redefining the Problem: Inefficiency, Inconsistency, and Inequity Reassessing Causes; Rethinking Solutions Historical Perspectives: Legal Rights and Social Wrongs Early Understandings of Access to Justice 1. The Evolution of a Right to Counsel in Criminal Proceedings 2. Civil Legal Services for the (Deserving) Poor 3. From Clients to Causes: Pro Bono and Public Interest Representation 4. Restraints on Competition: Advertising, Solicitation, Minimum Fees, and Group Legal Services 5. Nonlawyer Services 6. The Historical Legacy IV Access to What? Law Without Lawyers and New Models of Legal Assistance Law Without Lawyers Policing the Professional Monopoly One Stop Shopping: Multidisciplinary…