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Justice in a Time of Austerity : Stories From a System in Crisis /
Dan Newman and Jon Robins combine investigative journalism and academic scholarship to examine how the lives of people suffering problems with benefits, debt, family, housing and immigration are made harder by cuts to the civil justice system.
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Bristol University Press,
2021.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Front cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Conveyor Belt Justice -- Confusion is unavoidable -- Manchester's Palais de Justice -- Fat-cat lawyers -- A brutal process -- Austerity: 'an ideological project' -- 2. In the Shadow of Grenfell -- Start of a new social justice movement -- Like mice in a box -- 'Falling through the net' -- Priced out -- 3. On the Streets -- The sharp end of the housing crisis -- Citizens Advice: 'a massive volunteer army' | |
| 505 | 0 | |a A vast legal advice desert -- A culture of disbelief -- 4. Christmas at the Foodbank -- In the Valleys -- Life isn't just food -- The rise of the foodbank -- 'A sticking plaster on the wound of systemic inequality' -- 5. Meeting the Real 'Daniel Blakes' -- Pared to the bone -- A Kafkaesque nightmare -- Nowhere else to go -- 6. Caught in a Hostile Environment -- Windrush generation -- The numbers game -- Not just a law centre but a campaign for justice -- Not quite the Brexit capital of England -- but not far off -- Legal aid has gone but people need still help -- 7. Deserts and Droughts | |
| 505 | 0 | |a City of Sanctuary -- Market failure -- The least-bad way forward -- The greatest human rights issue of our time -- Activist lawyers -- 8. Heading for Breakdown -- Unrepresented litigants 'flooding' courts -- Going it alone in Cardiff -- Litigants-in-person are 'a nightmare' -- No safety net -- 9. Death by a Thousand Cuts -- New Jerusalem (1945 to 1970) -- The mainstreaming of legal aid (1970 to 2010) -- Divide and conquer (2000 to 2010) -- Magna Carta (1215 to 1945) -- The rank stench of moral hypocrisy -- 10. A Way Forward -- Recommendations -- Access to justice must be a right | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Legal aid must make sense -- Legal aid must protect the vulnerable -- Legal aid coverage must be comprehensive -- Early advice is crucial -- Advice must be (hyper)local -- Courts are a public service -- and must act like one -- Clear advice about legal rights must be readily available -- and jargon banned -- Wales must have its own fully devolved legal system -- Revisiting access to justice -- Notes and References -- Index -- Back cover | |
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