Access to justice : beyond the policies and politics of austerity / edited by Ellie Palmer, Tom Cornford, Audrey Guinchard, and Yseult Marique.
2016
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Title
Access to justice : beyond the policies and politics of austerity / edited by Ellie Palmer, Tom Cornford, Audrey Guinchard, and Yseult Marique.
Published
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016.
Call Number
KD512 .A927 2016
ISBN
9781849467346 (hardback)
184946734X (hardback)
184946734X (hardback)
Description
xix, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)917158377
Summary
"Building on a series of ESRC funded seminars, this edited collection of expert papers by academics and practitioners is concerned with access to civil and administrative justice in constitutional democracies, where, for the past decade governments have reassessed their priorities for funding legal services: embracing 'new technologies' that reconfigure the delivery and very concept of legal services; cutting legal aid budgets and introducing putative cost-cutting measures for the administration of courts, tribunals, and established systems for the delivery of legal advice and assistance. Without underplaying the future potential of technological innovation, or the need for a fair and rational system for the prioritization and funding of legal services, the book questions whether the absolutist approach to the dictates of austerity and the promise of new technologies that have driven the Coalition Government's policy, can be squared with obligations to protect the fundamental right of access to justice, in the unwritten constitution of the United Kingdom."--Book jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Beyond the policies and politics of austerity
Table of Contents
Foreword
vii
Acknowledgements
ix
List of Contributors
xiii
Introduction / Ellie Palmer
1
pt. I
Access to Justice: Theoretical, Legal and Policy Background
1.
Access to Justice: The View from the Law Society / Andrew Caplen
13
2.
Meaning of Access to Justice / Tom Cornford
27
3.
Principles of Access: Comparing Health and Legal Services / Albert Weale
41
4.
Europe to the Rescue? EU Law, the ECHR and Legal Aid / Steve Peers
53
pt. II
Pressure Points on the Justice System
5.
Access to Justice in Administrative Law and Administrative Justice / Tom Mullen
69
6.
Immigration and Access to Justice: A Critical Analysis of Recent Restrictions / Robert Thomas
105
7.
Impact of Austerity and Structural Reforms on the Accessibility of Tribunal Justice / Stewart Wright
135
8.
Thirteen Years of Advice Delivery in Islington: A Case Study / Lorna Reid
143
9.
Complexity, Housing and Access to Justice / Caroline Hunter
157
10.
Access to Justice in the Employment Tribunal: Private Disputes or Public Concerns? / Morag McDermont
175
11.
Renegotiating Family Justice / Mavis Maclean
197
12.
Access to Justice for Young People: Beyond the Policies and Politics of Austerity / Ellie Palmer
211
pt. III
Alternative Approaches to Funding Legal Services
13.
Revolution in `Lawyering'? Implications for Welfare Law of Alternative Business Structures / Frank H Stephen
237
14.
CourtNav and Pro Bono in an Age of Austerity / Paul Yates
249
15.
French Approach to Access to Justice / Simon Wesley
259
16.
How Scotland has Approached the Challenge of Austerity / Sarah O'Neill
287
Index
303