The role and functioning of public-interest legal organizations in the enforcement of the employment laws
By: Christine Jolls.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10708; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10708.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Legal aid -- United States.; Legal assistance to the poor -- United States.
Description: "Many laws create important rights for today's employees, but the availability of legal representation for employees seeking to enforce those rights is uncertain.  The goal of the present paper, part of the Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the 21st Century Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research, is to examine some of the distinctive public-interest legal organizations that exist to help to enforce the employment laws.  The chapter focuses on two broad categories of such organizations: 'national issue organizations,' which are organizations that focus on one or more broad-based issues and are funded predominantly by private donations; and legal services organizations, which serve exclusively low-income individuals and are funded primarily by the government"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.