Legal Aid in Crisis: Assessing the Impact of Reform

ISBN-13: 9781447335450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 96 str.

Sarah Moore; Alex Newbury

Opis

One of the many areas of social support affected by the recent austerity measures in Britain is legal aid, which has suffered under cuts so substantial that, this book argues, the result is the most radical set of changes in the sixty-year history of legal aid in the nation, a transformation of its very meaning and purpose. From an original position as a form of social welfare to which nearly anyone could get access, it is now seen as a benefit, outside the legal system, and almost wholly cast in economic terms. This book looks at this shift and its far-reaching consequences not just for individuals but for the whole of the court system.

Spis treści

Legal Aid in Crisis; Legal Aid Reform in Historical and International Perspective; Assessing the Consequences of Legal Aid Reform in England and Wales; Towards a Holistic Conception of Legal Aid; Refocussing the Debate about Legal Aid.