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Access to justice / Deborah L. Rhode.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhode, Deborah L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legal aid--United States.
- Legal aid.
- Legal assistance to the poor--United States.
- Legal assistance to the poor.
- Justice, Administration of--United States.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written by America's leading expert on legal ethics, this book vividly chronicles the wide gap between the lofty aspirations and harsh realities of American justice. Avoiding both simplistic lawyer-bashing and liberal lament, Rhode outlines what could and should be done to curb frivolous litigation.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 Equal Justice Under Law: The Gap between Principle and Practice; 2 Litigation and Its Discontents: Too Much Law for Those Who Can Afford It, Too Little for Everyone Else; 3 Historical Perspectives: Legal Rights and Social Wrongs; 4 Access to What? Law without Lawyers and New Models of Legal Assistance; 5 Locked In and Locked Out: The Legal Needs of Low-Income Communities; 6 Presumed Guilty: Class Injustice in Criminal Justice; 7 Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice; 8 A Roadmap for Reform; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-240) and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028666-0
- 1-280-53141-X
- 1-4237-2004-0
- 0-19-534947-4
- 1-60256-846-4
- OCLC:
- 476022970
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