Outsourcing Legal Aid in the Nordic Welfare States [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Olaf Halvorsen Rønning, Ole Hammerslev |
Autore | Halvorsen Rønning Olaf |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 341 p. 23 illus.) |
Disciplina | 364.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Corrections
Punishment Crime—Sociological aspects Criminal law Criminal justice, Administration of Welfare state Prison and Punishment Crime and Society Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law Criminal Justice Politics of the Welfare State |
Soggetto non controllato |
Socio-legal studies
Law Criminology Criminal justice Action research Scandinavia Welfare state Norway Demark Finland Sweden Iceland |
ISBN | 3-319-46684-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Legal Aid in the Nordic Countries -- Nordic Legal Aid Research -- Purpose of the Book -- Outline -- References -- 2: Legal Aid in Norway -- Brief Overview and Introduction -- Research on Legal Aid in Norway -- The Public Legal Aid Judicare Scheme -- History -- Eligibility -- Financial Eligibility -- Material Criteria -- Other Criteria -- Grants and Providers of Legal Aid -- Administration of the Legal Aid Scheme for Civil Matters -- Use of Public Legal Aid Schemes -- Use of the Judicare Scheme for Legal Assistance Outside Court -- Use of the Judicare Scheme for Legal Aid in Court Proceedings -- Legal Aid Expenditure -- Expenditure on Legal Assistance Outside Courts -- Legal Representation Under the Judicare Scheme -- Expenditure on Alternative Legal Aid Schemes -- Public Legal Aid Offices -- Legal Expenses Insurance -- Alternative Legal Aid Schemes -- Pro Bono Work -- Student-Run Legal Aid Clinics -- Gatejuristen -- Norwegian Association for Asylum Seekers: NOAS -- Legal Aid Policy and Legal Aid Reform -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 3: Legal Aid in Sweden -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- Previous Research on Legal Aid in Sweden -- Legal Expenses Insurance -- The Public Legal Aid Scheme -- Entitlement Criteria -- General Restrictions -- Procedural Issues -- Conclusions on Entitlement to Public Legal Aid -- Providers Under the Scheme -- Use of Legal Aid4 -- Spending on the Scheme -- Legal Aid Through Trade Unions -- Alternative Legal Aid Initiatives -- Pro Bono Legal Assistance -- Voluntary Student Legal Clinics -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 4: Legal Aid in Finland -- Introduction -- Details and Function of the Finnish Legal Aid System -- Entitlement and Eligibility -- Legal Aid in PLA Offices -- Legal Aid Cases Handled by Private Attorneys.
Expenditure9 -- Alternative Legal Aid Initiatives -- Legal Expenses Insurance -- Other Legal Aid Initiatives -- Recent Policy Developments and Strategies for Publicly-funded Legal Aid -- The Debate on the Mixed Legal Aid Model in the Twenty-first Century -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Legal Aid in Denmark -- Introduction and Historical Background -- Legal Aid Research -- Different Legal Aid Schemes2 -- Pre-trial Legal Aid -- Legal Aid Providers -- The Use of Pre-trial Legal Aid -- Free Legal Aid (Fri Proces): Legal Aid in Regard to Lawsuits and Legal Proceedings -- The Use of Free Legal Aid in Lawsuits -- The Administration of, and Expenditure on, Legal Aid -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 6: Legal Aid in Iceland -- Introduction -- Historical Background to the Development of the Law on Legal Aid -- The Current Legislation on Legal Aid in Civil Cases and its Administration -- Backlash During the Boom Years -- In the Eye of the Economic Storm -- Legal Aid Applicants and Recipients -- Gender Analysis -- Legal Expenses Insurance -- Access to Free Legal Counselling -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Juss-Buss [Law Bus]: A Student-run Legal Aid Clinic -- Introduction -- Staff, Funding, and Case Types -- Case Types Mirroring Flaws in the Welfare State -- Workplace Organisation and Standardisation of Workflow -- Training -- Translating the Law into Everyday Language -- Referral Service for Clients -- Outreach Initiatives: With the Aim to Empower and Influence the Political Agenda -- 'Troubles-Talks' -- Help to Self-Help -- Legal Policy Work -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 8: Gadejuristen [The Street Lawyers]: Offering Legal Aid to Socially Marginalised People -- Introduction -- The Organisation of Gadejuristen -- Staff, Funding, and Type of Cases -- Gadejuristen Cases -- The Work of Gadejuristen. Navigating in the Welfare State: Gadejuristen as Mediators -- Working on a Societal Level -- The Street Lawyer Method -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 9: Ex-prisoners' Need for Legal Aid in Denmark -- Introduction -- Material and Methods -- Lack of Legal Support for Ex-prisoners -- Ex-prisoners' Multifaceted Problems -- Need for an Income Combined with Complex Legal and Non-legal Problems Post-prison -- Housing Need Combined with Complex Post-prison Legal and Non-legal Problems -- Debt and Criminal History Challenge Income and Housing -- Intertwined Legal Aid Approach -- Difficulties in Transforming Multifaceted Needs into Legal Issues, and Applying for Help -- Trust and Seeking Comfort Amid Distrust and Discomfort -- New Legal Aid Initiative: Cross-functional Mentors Pre- and Post-release -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 10: Nordic Legal Aid and 'Access to Justice' in Human Rights. A European Perspective -- Introduction -- Legal Aid Ideology in the Nordic Schemes -- Nordic Delivery Models -- Main Entitlement Criteria -- Problem Criteria -- Poverty Criteria -- Welfare Ideology Behind the Finnish and Norwegian Schemes -- The European Court of Human Rights' Case Law on 'Access to Justice' -- Main Features of the 'Access to Justice' Perspective -- The Obligation to Provide Legal Aid -- Comparisons to Nordic Legal Aid -- The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ): A New Instrument for Improving Legal Aid? -- The CoE's Soft Law on Legal Aid -- The CEPEJ's Main Challenges Concerning Legal Aid -- What Does the European Judicial Survey Tell Us About the Performance of European Legal Aid? -- The Overall Picture -- Nordic Legal Aid in the European Setting -- The CEPEJ's Evaluation of European Legal Aid Schemes -- Conclusion -- References -- Legislation and Other Legislative Documents -- Finland: -- Norway: -- Council of Europe/CEPEJ:. 11: Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education in Europe and the USA: Are They Compatible? -- Introduction -- Definitions: Clinical Legal Education and Legal Aid -- Clinical Education -- Legal Aid and 'Legal Services' -- Legal Aid and Clinics in the USA: The Reagan Assault on Legal Services -- The Earliest US Clinics: Europe's Surprising Role -- The Second Wave: Social Activism in the 60s and Beyond -- Crisis: Reagan's Attacks on Legal Services via Clinics -- Early Legal Clinics in Central Europe: Poland's Clinical Links to Legal Aid -- Post-Soviet Rapid Expansion of Clinics -- The Polish Case -- The Polish Legal Clinics Foundation (FUPP) as Unifying Influence -- The Aftermath: Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom Throughout Europe and the USA -- References -- 12: Juridification, Marginalised Persons and Competence to Mobilise the Law -- Introduction -- The Theory of Juridification and Law-Dissociated Seekers of Justice -- Habermas' Concept of Juridification and Legal Policy Proposals as Seen by Norwegian Legal Aid Research -- The Development from Weber's Formal Rationality to the Procedural Rules of the Welfare State and the Consequences for Those Seeking Justice -- Conclusion on Mobilising the Law -- References -- 13: Outsourcing Legal Aid in the Nordic Welfare States -- Introduction -- Legal Aid in the Nordic Countries -- Legal Aid in the Nordic Countries: A Nordic Model? -- Third Sector Initiatives -- Individualisation of Legal Aid -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. |
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Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights : Regulation, Professionals, and Citizens |
Autore | Nielsen Stine |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
Disciplina | 361.65094 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HammerslevOle |
Collana | Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies. |
ISBN | 3-031-46637-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights -- Analysing the Role of Welfare Rights -- The Macro Level of State Regulation -- The Meso Level of Welfare Professional-Citizen Encounters -- The Micro Level of Mobilising Social Rights -- Outline -- References -- Part I State Regulation, Transformation of State Regulation, and Agents Acting on Behalf of the State -- 2 Claim and Blame: How Welfare Law institutionalises Deservingness -- Introduction -- Social Rights in Action: The Rise and Rise of Welfare Conditionality -- Who Deserves Social Rights, or the Limits of Welfare Universalism -- The Long Shelf Life of Paternalistic Assumptions: Beeler v. Switzerland -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 What Is the Function of Welfare Law Today? Consequences of the Work-Line Policy -- Introduction: What Is the Dilemma of Welfare Law? -- A Methodological Note -- General Arguments in Current Welfare Law Reforms -- Historical Background for the Norwegian Welfare State -- The Main Case Study: A Combined New Labour and Welfare Authority-The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and Its Work-Line Basis -- Assessing the Combined Labour and Welfare Authority Reform: What Are the Economic, Social and Rhetorical Arguments for the Work-Line -- Conclusion: The Function of Welfare Law Today -- References -- 4 The Penal Voluntary Sector's Role in the Nordic Countries: A Shadow State? -- Introduction -- State of the Art -- Data and Method -- The PVSOs in the Three Nordic Countries -- The Challenges of PVSOs Operating in the Nordic Penal Field -- Precarious Funding -- Disorganised Co-operation -- Discussion -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens.
5 A Double Helix: The Intertwined History of the Marginalisation of Welfare Clients and Their Activist Lawyers and Advisers in the Transformation of the Welfare State in England and Wales -- Introduction -- The UK Welfare State's 'Golden Period' and Lawyer Autonomy -- New Social Movements and Activist Welfare Professionals -- Forms of Practice in Welfare Law -- Contradictions -- Dismantlement of the Welfare State and Access to Justice, and Colonisation of Welfare Field -- The Ideological Attack on the Welfare State -- Disciplining the Welfare Professional -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 The Paradoxical Reality of Welfare Professionals: Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens Within Social Security in the Netherlands -- Introduction -- Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens: The Situation in the Netherlands -- Obligation to Report Information -- Street-Level Bureaucrats and Their Enforcement Styles -- Street-Level Bureaucrats -- Enforcement Styles -- Methods -- Encounters Between Welfare Professionals and Citizens in Practice -- Strict Punitive Enforcement Style -- Flexible Persuasive Enforcement Style -- Flexible Punitive Enforcement Style -- Differences in Enforcement Styles Further Explored -- Paradoxical Reality in the Social Security Practice -- References -- 7 Asylum Case Adjudication in Sweden, Country of Origin Information and Epistemic Violence -- Introduction -- Contextualising the Research -- Country of Origin Information -- The Colonial Origins of the International Refugee Regime -- Epistemic Violence -- Ethics and Methods of Data Analysis -- Analysis -- The Institutionalised Power Imbalance, and Epistemic Violence -- Language, Representation, and Epistemic Violence -- Discussion of Key Findings -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Citizens' Mobilisation of Social Rights. 8 Access to Justice and Social Rights for Victims of Trafficking and Labour Exploitation in Sweden -- Introduction -- International and National Legal Frameworks and Policies -- State of the Art: Victim Identification and Access to Rights -- Conceptual Framework: Victimisation as Interactional Process and Access to Justice -- Methods -- Victim Identification by State Institutions -- Mobilising Rights Through NGOs -- Unions-A Gateway to Justice -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9 Welfare Clients' Relational Legal Consciousness: An Empirical Perspective from the Netherlands -- Introduction -- Punitive Welfare State -- Conceptual Framework: Relational Legal Consciousness -- Methodology -- Variables and Measures -- How Do Welfare Clients Experience, Understand and Act in Relation to Law? -- How Do Welfare Clients Perceive Welfare Officials' Orientation to the Law? -- Findings -- Welfare Clients' Legal Consciousness -- Welfare Clients' Assessment of Welfare Officials' Legal Consciousness -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 10 Youth Homelessness in the Danish Welfare State: How Do Young Persons in Homelessness Mobilise Rights? -- Introduction -- The Theoretical Framework: Legal Mobilisation -- Method -- Analysis: Choice of Paths-Complex and Contingent Processes -- Philip's Story -- Michael's Story -- Simon's Story -- Jacob's Story -- Anne's Story -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 11 Conclusion: Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights -- Introduction -- A Three-level Perspective on Transformation of European Welfare States and Social Rights -- The Macro Level of State Regulation -- The Meso Level of Welfare Professional-Citizen Encounters -- The Micro Level of Mobilising Social Rights -- Common Features in Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights. Transforming and Reconfiguring the Welfare State -- Who Deserves Welfare Support? -- Negotiating Legitimate Knowledge -- Structural and Individual Factors -- A Concluding Remark -- References -- Index. |
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