Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment. Making the Poor Central in Legal Development Co-operation

• Autore principale: van Rooij, Benjamin (auth)
• Altri autori: van de Meene, Ineke (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Leiden University Press 2008
• Serie: Law, Governance, and Development
• Soggetti: Law & society; law; sociology; developing countries; Alternative dispute resolution; Civil society; Empowerment; Legal aid; Right to a fair trial
• Accesso online: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Riassunto

Reforms to improve poor people's access to justice and to promote their legal empowerment comprise the latest trend in legal development cooperation. This volume answers a number of basic questions about this new trend, such as access to justice and legal empowerment entail and its importance; the obstacles the poor and marginalised face in seeking justice and empowerment through the legal system; and the reforms proposed by these approaches to legal development co-operation. Furthermore, it outlines important considerations for policy-makers concerning access to justice and legal empowerment reforms.

ISBN

9789087280406

Accesso

Open Access