Access to justice in rural communities : global perspectives / edited by Daniel Newman and Faith Gordon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newman, Daniel (Law teacher), editor.

Gordon, Faith, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of.

Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2023]

Summary:

This book offers insight on access to justice from rural areas in internationally comparable contexts to highlight the diversity of experiences within, and across rural areas globally. It looks at the fundamental questions for people's lives raised by the issue of access to justice as well as the rule of law. It highlights a range of social, geographic and cultural issues which impact the way rural communities experience the justice system throughout the world with chapters on Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Kenya, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, the USA and Wales. Each chapter explores three questions: 1. How do people experience the institutions of justice in rural areas and how does this rural experience differ to an urban experience? 2. What impact have changes in policy had on the justice system in rural areas, and have rural and urban areas been affected in different ways? 3. What impact does the law have on people's lives in rural areas and what would rural communities like to be better understood about their experience of the justice system? By bringing in the voices and experiences of those who are often ignored or side-lined by justice systems, this book will set out an agenda for ensuring social justice in legal systems with a focus on protecting marginalised groups.

Contents:

Rural access to justice

Daniel Newman and Faith Gordon

A survey of policy responses to the rural attorney shortage in the United States

Kelly V Beskin and Lisa R Pruitt

Alcohol laws, rural communities and access to justice in Kenya

Joseph K Rono and Emmanuel K Bunei

Accessibility to justice for rural livestock farmers in selected provinces of South Africa : rural communities and the justice system

Witness Maluleke

Why doesn't a mother whose son was murdered seek justice? A critical approach to the relationship between socio-cultural structure and access to justice in rural communities by reconstructing the Sabahattin Ali's Kag?ni (The Oxcart) short story

Murat Madenu¨s

Rethinking access to justice for Indigenous Peoples

Fiona Allison and Chris Cunneen

Barriers to access to justice for members of the traveler community : rediscrimination within the equality system

Fiona Donson and Samantha Morgan-Williams

Older victims, legal need and access to justice in rural communities in Northern Ireland

Faith Gordon and Kevin J Brown

Litigants in person and rural family justice in England and Wales

Jess Mant

Overcoming geographic barriers : towards a framework for facilitating legal service delivery in rural communities in Canada

Lisa Moore

Conceptualising rural access to justice as supply chains primed for transformation

Amanda L Kool and Hannah Haksgaard

'Restorative what?' Young people's experiences of accessing justice in rural Syria

Dr Adnan Mouhiddin

A retrospective on rural legal service provision : lessons emerging from international research

Kim Economides and Charles Watkins

Access to rural justice : domestic violence in rural America

Ziwei Qi and Christy Craig

Rural access to justice and beyond : dimensions of access as a criterion for understanding lay users' satisfaction with remote justice

Olumide Adisa, Sue James and Daniel Newman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781509951666

1509951660

9781509951659

1509951652

OCLC:

1375296714