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UNINA9910451221403321 |
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Titolo |
Poverty and the law / / edited by Peter Robson and Asbjørn Kjønstad |
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Oxford [England] ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-84113-191-1 |
1-4725-6230-5 |
1-281-04199-8 |
9786611041991 |
1-84731-317-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Collana |
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Onati international series in law and society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poor laws |
Poverty |
Social legislation |
Social policy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Contains papers produced from a workshop held in 1997 at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Onati, Spain, organized by the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Poverty and the Law. INTRODUCTION: 1. The Rights of the Poor: Conceptual Issues -- THE EXPERIENCE OF POVERTY: 2. The Law and the Poor: Institutional Support and Economic Need in Italy ; 3. Strategies for Police Accountability and Community Empowerment -- STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT POVERTY: 4. Poverty, Social Exclusion and the Impact of Selected Legal Measures against Caste Discrimination in South Asia ; 5. Disability and Poverty in the United Kingdom -- ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THE POOR: 6. The Development of the Notion of Poverty and the Equal Protection Clauses: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and the United States ; 7. Substantive Justice and Procedural Fairness in Social Security: The UK Experience -- OVERVIEWS: 8. The Rule of Law and Poverty Reduction: Some Issues ; 9. An Army of Ideas: Marginalisation, Indigenous Rights and Civil Society in Mexico since the Zapatista Rebellion. |
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