Poverty and the law / / edited by Peter Robson and Asbjørn Kjønstad

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451221403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford [England] ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2001
• ISBN: 1-84113-191-1; 1-4725-6230-5; 1-281-04199-8; 9786611041991; 1-84731-317-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Collana: Onati international series in law and society
• Disciplina: 344.0325
• Soggetti: Poor laws; Poverty; Social legislation; Social policy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: 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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This collection of essays focuses attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty. They illustrate the distinct dimensions of poverty in a range of different political and cultural settings and also show how poverty is exacerbated by quite discrete local cultural factors in some instances. There is,nonetheless a universal element which runs through all the contributions. The fate of those who are disadvantaged in society depends crucially on their access to goods through the world of work. Thus gender, ethnic background or disability can result in individuals having a much higher chance of experiencing poverty than those outwith these groups and the success of these groups in achieving a measure of prosperity is bound up with a multiplicity of geographical and political factors. This book is part of the Oñati International Series in Law and Society."--Bloomsbury Publishing.