Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment. Making the Poor Central in Legal Development Co-operation
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;...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden University Press
2008
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| Series: | Law, Governance, and Development
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9789087280406 |
| Access: | Open Access |