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The Role of Lawyers in Access to Justice: Asian and Comparative Perspectives

The Role of Lawyers in Access to Justice: Asian and Comparative Perspectives

Author: Helena Whalen-Bridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009045476

Published In: November 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781316517451

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To a disturbing degree, we are at the mercy of our time and place. While law may provide relief for some of life's troubles, that requires access to justice. Accessibility is the focus of this volume, which expands analysis of access to justice beyond the US and the UK to Asia and other comparative jurisdictions. Chapters characterise access to justice dynamics in these jurisdictions by addressing how access is understood, how it is achieved or not achieved, and how the jurisdiction should improve. The book addresses some issues seldom addressed in analyses of western jurisdictions, such as paid mandatory legal services and mandatory public interest activities, and provides English translations of relevant regulations. The book expands our understanding of access to justice with a comparative perspective, one that allows readers to identify relationships between access and its constitutive environment.

1. Introduction to understanding and comparing access to justice

Helena Whalen-Bridge

Part I. Access to Justice in Asia:

2. Pro bono, legal aid, and the struggle for justice in China

Hualing Fu

3. Access to justice in India: Managing multiple mechanisms in a restrictive practice environment

Sarasu Esther Thomas

4. Access to justice in Indonesia: Searching for meaning

Yunita with Linda Yanti Sulistiawati

5. Access to justice and lawyer independence in Japan

Hiroshi Otsuka and Setsuo Miyazawa

6. Improving access to justice in Malaysia: Introspection, purpose, and dynamism