Screen LibraryThe justice crisis : the cost and value of accessing law /
"Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in much of the Canadian justice system. The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn't working in efforts to strengthen a fundamental right of democratic citizenship: access to civil and family justice. Contributors to this wide-ranging overvi...
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UBC Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Vancouver : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Law & society series
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| Summary: |
"Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in much of the Canadian justice system. The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn't working in efforts to strengthen a fundamental right of democratic citizenship: access to civil and family justice. Contributors to this wide-ranging overview of recent empirical research address key issues: the extent and cost of unmet legal needs; the role of public funding; connections between legal and social exclusion among vulnerable populations; the value of new legal pathways; the provision of justice services beyond the courts and lawyers; and the need for a culture change within the justice system."-- |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780774863582 0774863587 9780774863575 0774863579 |
| Index Number: | KE8517 |
| CLC: | D971.161 |
| Call Number: | D971.161/J965 |
| Contents: |
Giving civil justice its due / Taking meaningful access to justice in Canada seriously / Understanding the access to justice crisis -- Prices, costs, and access to justice / Measuring justice system performance in Quebec and Canada : indicators for benchmarking systems and highlighting best practices / Public spending on access to justice : where do we go from here? / Experiencing everyday legal problems -- The monetary costs of everyday legal problems and expanding access to justice / How Ontarians experience the law : an examination of incidence rate, responses, and costs of legal problems / Truth, reconciliation, and the cost of adversarial justice / The costs of justice in domestic violence cases : mapping Canadian law and policy / Legal services and paths to justice -- Paralegals and access to justice for tenants : a case study / Court-ordered family legal information sessions in Ontario : a path to justice approach / The value of class actions / Social enterprise, social innovation, and access to justice / The legal profession and meaningful access to justice -- Legal culture as the key to affordable access / Legal fee regimes and the cost of civil justice / Assessing client interests and process costs in a litigation risk analysis / Regulating contingency fees : a consumer welfare perspective / |