Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment. Making the Poor Central in Legal Development Co-operation
Contributors: van de Meene, Ineke
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789087280406
Subjects: Law & society
Description: Reforms to improve poor people?s access to justice and to promote their legal empowerment comprise the latest trend in legal development cooperation. This volume answers a number of basic questions about this new trend, such as access to justice and legal empowerment entail and its importance; the obstacles the poor and marginalised face in seeking justice and empowerment through the legal system; and the reforms proposed by these approaches to legal development co-operation. Furthermore, it outlines important considerations for policy-makers concerning access to justice and legal empowerment reforms.
Notes: English.