The role of lawyers in access to justice : Asian and comparative perspectives /
To a disturbing degree, we are at the mercy of our time and place. While law may provide relief for some of life's troubles, that requires access to justice. Accessibility is the focus of this volume, which expands analysis of access to justice beyond the US and the UK to Asia and other compara...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
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Table of Contents:
- Understanding and comparing access to justice / Helena Whalen-Bridge
- Pro Bono, legal aid, and the struggle for justice in China / Hualing Fu
- Access to justice in India : managing multiple mechanisms in a restrictive practice environment / Sarasu Esther Thomas
- Access to justice in Indonesia : searching for meaning / Yunita with Linda Yanti Sulistiawati
- Access to justice and lawyer independence in Japan / Hiroshi Otsuka and Setsuo Miyazawa
- Improving access to justice in Malaysia : introspection, purpose, and dynamism / Seh Lih Long
- Political lawyers and the legal occupation in Myanmar / Alice Dawkins and Nick Cheesman
- Alternative lawyering versus Pro Bono in the Philippines : from challenging an authoritarian government to working with the state / George Radics and Alpha Pontanal
- Access to justice in Singapore : a government and lawyer dynamic / Helena Whalen-Bridge
- Public interest lawyering in South Korea : standing on the shoulders of giants / Takgon Lee and JaeWon Kim
- A hub, a knot, and a powerhouse : the legal aid foundation and access to justice in Taiwan / Ching-Fang Hsu and Yong-Ching Tsai
- Lawyers and democratic centralism in Vietnam / Nguyen Hung Quang
- Access to justice and an Islamic ethic of justice / Arif A. Jamal
- Lawyering in Indonesia's Religious Courts : legal aid, procedural justice, and pragmatism / Euis Nurlaelawati
- Access to justice and legal aid in the Syariah Courts in Malaysia : a colourful but threadbare patchwork system / Kerstin Steiner
- The Syariah Court of Singapore : achieving a more formal access to justice / Ahmad Nizam Abbas
- Access to justice in Israel : rights, legal aid, and pro bono in a lawyer dominant environment / Michal Ofer Tsfoni and Limor Zer-Gutman
- Vuk'uzenzele - arise and act : lawyers and access to justice in South Africa / Helen Kruuse.
