Access to Justice

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Deborah L. Rhode (Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University)

Access to Justice

Deborah L. Rhode (Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 January 2006

Social research & statistics; Crime & criminology; Social security & welfare law

""Equal Justice Under Law"" is one of America's most proudly proclaimed and widely violated legal principles. But it comes nowhere close to describing the legal system in practice. Millions of Americans lack any access to justice, let alone equal access. Worse, the increasing centrality of law in American life and its growing complexity has made access to legal assistance critical for all citizens. Yet according to most estimates about four-fifths of the legal needs of the poor, and two- to three-fifths of the needs of middle-income individuals remain unmet. This book reveals the inequities of legal assistance in America, from the lack of access to educational services and health benefits to gross injustices in the criminal defense system. It proposes a specific agenda for change, offering tangible reforms for coordinating comprehensive systems for the delivery of legal services, maximizing individual's opportunities to represent themselves, and making effective legal services more affordable for all Americans who need them.

By: Deborah L. Rhode (Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law Stanford University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 161mm, Width: 226mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 349g
ISBN: 9780195306484
ISBN 10: 0195306481
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 January 2006
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Equal Justice Under Law: The Gap between Principle and Practice 2: Litigation and Its Discontents: Too Much Law for Those Who Can Afford It, Too Little for Everyone Else 3: Historical Perspectives: Legal Rights and Social Wrongs 4: Access to What? Law without Lawyers and New Models of Legal Assistance 5: Locked In and Locked Out: The Legal Needs of Low-Income Communities 6: Presumed Guilty: Class Injustice in Criminal Justice 7: Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice 8: A Roadmap for Reform Notes: Index:

Deborah L. Rhode is Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director of the Stanford Center on Ethics at Stanford University. She has served as president of the Association of American Law Schools, Chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, and senior counsel for the House Judiciary Committee on impeachment issues. She has received the Keck Foundation Award for Distinguished Scholarship on Legal Ethics by the American Bar Foundation as well as the Pro Bono Publico Award from the American Bar Association. This is her twelfth book.

Reviews for Access to Justice

Rhode has written an important, thoughtful, and well-argued book. --Law and Politics Book Review<br> What makes Ms. Rhode such an effective advocate is not the piercing nature of her salvos--which are lethal--but the abundance of support for her arguments. Access to Justice is thoroughly researched and finely written. --New York Law Journal<br> Deborah Rhode has jolted a million lawyers with a wake-up call. She urges them to open the doors to the unmet need for justice by most of the people who cannot afford their services. A challenging book for anyone, not just lawyers and law students, who believes that justice can be done if we have the will to pursue it. --Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate<br>