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Access to justice /

"Equal Justice Under Law." This promise appears on courthouse doors across the land. But it by no means describes what goes on inside them. Equal access to justice is one of America's most proudly proclaimed principles. And one of its most frequently violated. In theory, the United St...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rhode, Deborah L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1 Equal Justice Under Law: The Gap between Principle and Practice; 2 Litigation and Its Discontents: Too Much Law for Those Who Can Afford It, Too Little for Everyone Else; 3 Historical Perspectives: Legal Rights and Social Wrongs; 4 Access to What? Law without Lawyers and New Models of Legal Assistance; 5 Locked In and Locked Out: The Legal Needs of Low-Income Communities; 6 Presumed Guilty: Class Injustice in Criminal Justice; 7 Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice; 8 A Roadmap for Reform; Notes; Index.