Access to justice and legal empowerment : making the poor central in legal development co-operation / / Ineke van de Meene and Benjamin van Rooij

• Autore: Meene Ineke van de
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, : Leiden University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (31 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 347.1724
• Soggetto topico: Justice, Administration of - Developing countries; Legal assistance to the poor - Government policy - Developing countries; Poor - Civil rights - Developing countries
• Altri autori: RooijBenjamin van <1973->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Outline -- What are Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment? -- Why are Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment Important? -- Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment Reform- Eight Policy Considerations -- Further Reading.
• Sommario/riassunto: Reforms to improve poor people’s access to justice and to promote their legal empowerment comprise the latest trend in legal development cooperation. This volume answers a number of basic questions about this new trend, such as access to justice and legal empowerment entail and its importance; the obstacles the poor and marginalised face in seeking justice and empowerment through the legal system; and the reforms proposed by these approaches to legal development co-operation. Furthermore, it outlines important considerations for policy-makers concerning access to justice and legal empowerment reforms.
• Titolo autorizzato: Access to justice and legal empowerment
• ISBN: 1-281-78784-1; 9786611787844; 90-485-0598-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162057703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Law, governance, and development. . -Research.