Includes papers presented as a conference in SIngapore in 2017.--ECIP acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Understanding and comparing access to justice / Helena Whalen-Bridge -- Pro Bono, legal aid, and the struggle for justice in China / Hualing Fu -- Access to justice in India : managing multiple mechanisms in a restrictive practice environment / Sarasu Esther Thomas -- Access to justice in Indonesia : searching for meaning / Yunita with Linda Yanti Sulistiawati -- Access to justice and lawyer independence in Japan / Hiroshi Otsuka and Setsuo Miyazawa -- Improving access to justice in Malaysia : introspection, purpose, and dynamism / Seh Lih Long -- Political lawyers and the legal occupation in Myanmar / Alice Dawkins and Nick Cheesman -- Alternative lawyering versus Pro Bono in the Philippines : from challenging an authoritarian government to working with the state / George Radics and Alpha Pontanal -- Access to justice in Singapore : a government and lawyer dynamic / Helena Whalen-Bridge -- Public interest lawyering in South Korea : standing on the shoulders of giants / Takgon Lee and JaeWon Kim -- A hub, a knot, and a powerhouse : the legal aid foundation and access to justice in Taiwan / Ching-Fang Hsu and Yong-Ching Tsai -- Lawyers and democratic centralism in Vietnam / Nguyen Hung Quang -- Access to justice and an Islamic ethic of justice / Arif A. Jamal -- Lawyering in Indonesia's Religious Courts : legal aid, procedural justice, and pragmatism / Euis Nurlaelawati -- Access to justice and legal aid in the Syariah Courts in Malaysia : a colourful but threadbare patchwork system / Kerstin Steiner -- The Syariah Court of Singapore : achieving a more formal access to justice / Ahmad Nizam Abbas -- Access to justice in Israel : rights, legal aid, and pro bono in a lawyer dominant environment / Michal Ofer Tsfoni and Limor Zer-Gutman -- Vuk'uzenzele -- arise and act : lawyers and access to justice in South Africa / Helen Kruuse.
Summary:
"Understanding access to justice in any jurisdiction requires identification of factors which create the dynamic in which access functions. Jurisdictions can have factors in common, but each jurisdiction has a dynamic of its own. Without an understanding of these factors and how they interact, proposed improvements in access may not accomplish much. Viewing access to justice in this way arguably allows for a clearer vision of positive change, because it acknowledges why particular changes may be difficult or unlikely. Establishing access to justice dynamics in sufficient complexity is also necessary for comparative understandings across jurisdictions, but comparative insight requires reference to an expanded set of jurisdictions, including Asia and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.
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