Litigants in Person in the Civil Justice System : In Their Own Words / Kate Leader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leader, Kate, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pro se representation.

Civil procedure.

Administrative procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Hart Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

"Why do people represent themselves? What works and what doesn't work for self-represented parties? And how can we improve Litigant in Person (LiP) experiences to make the civil justice system fairer? Based on in-depth interviews with individuals who have acted as Litigants in Person in the civil courts, this book provides a deep account of LiP experiences that help to show how much we don't know about LiPs, the civil justice system and LiPs' place within it, as well as the kinds of things we ought to be doing to improve access to justice for unrepresented parties"--

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Before litigation

1. How the law sees the litigant in person

2. From bear gardens to the County Court: creating the litigant in person

3. Who are litigants in person?

Part II. During litigation

4. Being a litigant in person: complexity, high stakes, vulnerability

5. How to be good

Part III. After litigation

6. The afterlife of going to law

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781509948338

1509948333

9781509948345

1509948341

OCLC:

1427665343