Keyguide To Information Sources In Public Interest Law

Author : Jeremy Cooper
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keyguide to Information Sources in Public Interest Law written by Jeremy Cooper and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1991 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated bibliography of 500 works on public interest law, under headings such as Brandeis, legal education, poverty, and rights. Also includes a substantial overview of the field, and a descriptive list of over 100 organizations. The coverage is worldwide, but the emphasis is on Great Britain. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Austin Sarat
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195113209
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cause Lawyering written by Austin Sarat and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some lawyers devote themsevles to a specific social movement or political cause? What can we learn from such lawyers about the relationship between law and politics. CAUSE LAWYERING offers an insightful portrait of lawyers who sacrifice financial advantage in the name of a more just society. These telling essays show how cause lawyering is indispensable to the legitimization of professional authority.

Author : Deborah L. Rhode
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195143477
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Access to Justice written by Deborah L. Rhode and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004-09-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Equal Justice Under Law." This promise appears on courthouse doors across the land. But it by no means describes what goes on inside them. Equal access to justice is one of America's most proudly proclaimed principles. And one of its most frequently violated. Written by America's leading expert on legal ethics, Access to Justice vividly chronicles the wide gap between the lofty aspirations and harsh realities of American justice.

Author : Helen Stacy
Publisher : Federation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781862871533
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Adversarial System written by Helen Stacy and published by Federation Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is presently seeking to streamline its civil justice system. It is popular folklore that the Australian civil justice system is inaccessible to 'ordinary people' as it is expensive, slow and complex. The reasons for these alleged failings are attributed to various causes, such as arcane and inefficient judicial practices, money-hungry lawyers or, more fundamentally, to the very underpinnings of civil litigation - adversarialism. This volume confronts this folklore. It provides perspectives about civil justice from its major user and funding source (government) and the group of Australians who have used it the least and feel most alienated from the system (indigenous Australians). It explores the insights of those who work with adversarialism day in and day out (judges and lawyers) and reveals both defenders and strident advocates for change. Finally, it steps back and gives an outsider's view of Australian adversarialism from those with knowledge of a sister system in the United States.

Author : Carol Harlow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134980043
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pressure Through Law written by Carol Harlow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Group litigation has been recognised by political scientists in the States as a useful method of gaining ground and attracting publicity for pressure groups since the turn of the century. In Britain however, recognition that the courts fill such a role has come more slowly. Despite this lack of recognition, pressure through law is far from a modern phenomenon. As the authors show, such cases can be identified in Britain as early as 1749 when abolitionists used the court to test conflicting views of slavery in common law. This book looks at the extent to which pressure groups in Britain use litigation, presenting a view of the courts as a target for campaigners and a vehicle for campaigning. It begins with a description of the tradition of pressure through law in Britain, tracing the development of a parallel tradition in the United States, which has been influential in shaping current British attitudes. The authors analyse the significance of the political environment in Britain in test-case strategy. In contrast with America, Britain has no written constitution and no Bill of Rights and its lack of Freedom of Information legislation makes both litigation and the monitoring of its effects very difficult. However, the centralised character of the British government means that the effects of lobbying are rather more visible in the corridors of power. The authors examine a large number of case studies in order to analyse current practice, and they look at the rapidly changing European and international scene, discussing transnational law, the European community and the Council of Europe. They also look at the campaign tactics of global organisations such as Amnesty and Greenpeace. Carol Harlow and Richard Rawlings are experienced in public law and familiar with political science literature. They are therefore able to relate legal systems to the political process, in a book designed to be accessible and important to lawyers, to political scientists and to lobby group activists.

Author : Ridwanul Hoque
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144382822X
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judicial Activism in Bangladesh written by Ridwanul Hoque and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines the evolving global trend of judicial activism with particular reference to Bangladesh. It constructs judicial activism as a golden-mean adjudicative technology, standing between excessive judicial assertion and unacceptable judicial passivity that may leave injustices un-redressed. It argues that judicial balancing between over-activism and meek administration of justice should essentially be predicated upon domestic conditions, and the needs and fundamental public values of the judges’ respective society. Providing cross-jurisdictional empirical evidence, the study demonstrates that judicial activism, steered towards improving justice and grounded in one’s societal specificities, can be exercised in a morally and legally legitimate form and without rupturing the balance of powers among the state organs. This study has sought to displace the myth of judicial activism as constitutional transgression by “unelected” judges, arguing that judicial activism is quite different from excessivism. It is argued and shown that a particular judge or judiciary turns out to be activist when other public functionaries avoid or breach their constitutional responsibilities and thus generate injustice and inequality. The study treats judicial activism as the conscientious exposition of constitutional norms and enforcement of public duties of those in positions of power. The study assesses whether Bangladeshi judges have been striking the correct balance between over-activism and injudicious passivity. Broadly, the present book reveals judicial under-activism in Bangladesh and offers insights into causes for this. It is argued that the existing milieu of socio-political injustices and over-balance of constitutional powers in Bangladesh calls for increased judicial intervention and guidance, of course in a balanced and pragmatic manner, which is critical for good governance and social justice. “Writing about judicial activism easily gets shackled by fussy and pedestrian debates about what judges may or may not do as unelected agents of governance. The book . . . goes much beyond such reductionist pedestrianisation of law, for it courageously lifts the debate into the skies of global legal realism. The analysis perceptively addresses bottlenecks of justice, identifying shackles and mental blocks in our own minds against activising concerns for justice for the common citizen.” —Prof Werner Menski (Foreword)

Author : Jeremy Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429858345
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educating for Justice written by Jeremy Cooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1997, an edited collection of essays by a group of international public interest scholars and activists that examines the role and function of the law school in developing, transmitting and understanding the use of law to bring about social change to the advantage of subordinated people. The book traces this influence from the early days of the law school and its induction of legal principles and client responsibilities, through training for practices in a variety of settings, including teaching, social action research, client empowerment programs, to the outer limits of law school in community legal education and awareness. An important and pioneering series of international case studies.

Author : Louise G. Trubek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429856636
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educating for Justice Around the World written by Louise G. Trubek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1999, this volume contributes to the debate on convergence and differences in the role of law and legal institutions throughout the world. Globalization and technology may allow convergence of lawyers training, practices and values. However, local conditions may create resistances and barriers which must be acknowledged and studied. The book focuses on social values in legal education and practice in four regions: East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia and Latin America.

Author : Robert Balay
Publisher : ALA Editions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2056 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to Reference Books written by Robert Balay and published by ALA Editions. This book was released on 1996 with total page 2056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an annotated bibliography of general and subject reference books covering the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, history, science, technology, and medicine.

Author : Brian L. Baker
Publisher : Detroit : Gale Research Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Legal Information Sources written by Brian L. Baker and published by Detroit : Gale Research Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 19,000 live, print, and electronic information sources for 460 legal topics are quickly accessible in this guide to the US legal system. The work is arranged alphabetically by subject, from actions and defences to noteworthy trials, and users can see at a glance what printed materials are available, what organizations are active in that subject, and whether any databases or other electronic information sources are available.