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Access to justice and legal empowerment : making the poor central in legal development co-operation / Ineke van de Meene and Benjamin van Rooij.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meene, Ineke van de.
- Series:
- Law, governance, and development. Research.
- Law, governance, and development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justice, Administration of--Developing countries.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Legal assistance to the poor--Government policy--Developing countries.
- Legal assistance to the poor.
- Poor--Civil rights--Developing countries.
- Poor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (31 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Leiden University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Outline
- What are Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment?
- Why are Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment Important?
- Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment Reform- Eight Policy Considerations
- Further Reading.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611787844
- 9781281787842
- 1281787841
- 9789048505982
- 9048505984
- OCLC:
- 310601118
- Publisher Number:
- 10.24415/9789087280406
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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