Access to Justice

Beyond the Policies and Politics of Austerity
NIPPOD
ISBN: 978-1-5099-2114-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 506 g

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 prioritisation 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Ellie

Cornford, Tom

Marique, Yseult

Guinchard, Audrey

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Verfassungsgeschichte, Verfassungsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Tom Cornford, Audrey Guinchard, Yseult Marique and Ellie Palmer
Part I: Access to Justice: Theoretical, Legal and Policy Background
1. Access to Justice: The View from the Law Society

Andrew Caplen
2. The Meaning of Access to Justice

Tom Cornford
3. Principles of Access: Comparing Health and Legal Services

Albert Weale
4. Europe to the Rescue? EU Law, the ECHR and Legal Aid 3
Steve Peers
Part II: Pressure Points on the Justice System
5. Access to Justice in Administrative Law and Administrative Justice

Tom Mullen
6. Immigration and Access to Justice: A Critical Analysis of Recent Restrictions

Robert Thomas
7. The Impact of Austerity and Structural Reforms on the Accessibility of Tribunal Justice

Stewart Wright
8. Thirteen Years of Advice Delivery in Islington: A Case Study

Lorna Reid
9. Complexity, Housing and Access to Justice

Andrew Brookes and Caroline Hunter
10. Access to Justice in the Employment Tribunal: Private Disputes or Public Concerns?

Nicole Busby and Morag McDermont
11. Renegotiating Family Justice

Mavis Maclean CBE
12. Access to Justice for Young People: Beyond the Policies and Politics of Austerity

James Kenrick and Ellie Palmer
Part III: Alternative Approaches to Funding Legal Services
13. A Revolution in 'Lawyering'? Implications for Welfare Law of Alternative Business Structures

Frank H Stephen
14. CourtNav and Pro Bono in an Age of Austerity

Paul Yates
15. The French Approach to Access to Justice

Audrey Guinchard and Simon Wesley
16. How Scotland has Approached the Challenge of Austerity

Sarah O'Neill

Über Autor(innen)

Marique, Yseult
Yseult Marique is Professor at Essex Law School, UK.

Palmer, Ellie
Ellie Palmer is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Law/Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex'.

Guinchard, Audrey
Audrey Guinchard is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex.

Cornford, Tom
Tom Cornford is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex.

Ellie Palmer is an Emeritus Professor of Law and Tom Cornford, Yseult Marique and Audrey Guinchard are Senior Lecturers in Law, all at the University of Essex.