Community paralegals and the pursuit of justice

"In this book, we aim to characterize and assess a lesser-known intermediate institution-the community paralegal. According to the 2012 Kampala Declaration on Community Paralegals, community paralegals "use knowledge of law and government and tools like mediation, organizing, education, an...

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Contributors: Maru, Vivek (Editor) ; Gauri, Varun 1966- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Edition:First published
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Keywords:
Legal services > Developing countries
Legal assistants > Developing countries
Qualitativ vergleichende Analyse
Zugang
Justiz
Rechtshilfe
Rechtsberatung
Lokalisation
Rechtsanwalt
Konfliktlösung
Schlichtung
Mediation
Kenia
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Südafrika
Indonesien
Philippinen
Aufsatzsammlung
Entwicklungsländer > Rechtsberatung
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Summary:"In this book, we aim to characterize and assess a lesser-known intermediate institution-the community paralegal. According to the 2012 Kampala Declaration on Community Paralegals, community paralegals "use knowledge of law and government and tools like mediation, organizing, education, and advocacy to [help people] seek concrete solutions to instances of injustice." Paralegals and their clients typically address three kinds of problems: disputes among citizens, citizen grievances against state institutions, and disputes between citizens and private firms"--
Paralegal in Comparative Perspective : What Have We Learned Across These Six Countries? / Vivek Maru and Varun Gauri -- "To Whom do the People Take Their Issues?" : The Contribution of Community-Based Paralegals to Access to Justice in South Africa / Jackie Dugard and Katherine Drage -- Community-Based Paralegalism in the Philippines : From Social Movements to Democratization / Jennifer Franco, Hector Soliman, and Maria Roda Cisnero -- Paralegalism in Indonesia : Balancing Relationships in the Shadow of the Law / Ward Berenschot and Taufik Rinaldi -- Kenya's Community-based Paralegals : A Tradition of Grassroots Legal Activism / H. Abigail Moy -- Squeezing Justice Out of a Broken System : Community Paralegals in Sierra Leone / Vivek Maru, Lyttelton Braima, and Gibrill Jalloh -- The Contributions of Community-based Paralegals in Delivering Access to Justice in Post-war Liberia / Peter Chapman and Chelsea Payne
Physical Description:xv, 269 Seiten, Diagramme
ISBN:978-1-107-15971-6