Justice and Reform: Formative Years of the American Legal Service Programme

ISBN-13: 9780878556120 / Angielski / Twarda / 1978 / 425 str.

Earl Johnson

Opis

This is the first study of the origins, philosophy, creation, management, and impact of the American Legal Services Bureau. As such, it clearly and concisely describes the program’s role as a strategy for overcoming poverty.

Spis treści

PART I THE ROOTS, Chapter 1 The Legal Aid Movement and the Goal of Equal Justice Chapter 2 The Neighborhood Lawyer Experiments and the Goal(s) of Social Reform PART II THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM Chapter 3 Birth of the Federal Program Chapter 4 Development of Local Legal Services Organizations PART III THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM Chapter 5 The Policy-Making Process in the Legal Services Program Chapter 6 Up the Bureaucracy’’: Preserving Policy and Program Integrity within the OEO Administration Chapter 7 Implementing National Goals: Affecting the Management of Local Organizations 1 PART IV AN ASSESSMENT Chapter 8 The First Seven Years: Testing the Potential of Legal Services to the Poor Chapter 9 Toward Justice and Reform

O autorze

Earl Johnson