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Legal Aid in Crisis: Assessing the Impact of Reform
Sarah Moore
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Description for Legal Aid in Crisis: Assessing the Impact of Reform
Paperback. This book is the first to evaluate the recent reforms of UK legal aid from a social policy perspective and assess their impact on family law courts and advocacy. It argues that the reforms effectively 'delawyerise' disputes, producing a more inquisitorial justice system and impacting the litigants, court system, staff and process. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LNB; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
This book is the first to evaluate the recent reforms of UK legal aid from a social policy perspective and assess their impact on family law courts and advocacy. It focuses on the rise in people representing their own legal case and argues that the reforms effectively `delawyerise' disputes, producing a more inquisitorial justice system and impacting the litigants, court system, staff and process. Arguing for a more holistic concept of the reforms, the book will be of relevance to students, academics, policy-makers, judges, campaigners and social workers, in England and Wales, and other other jurisdictions ... Read more
This book is the first to evaluate the recent reforms of UK legal aid from a social policy perspective and assess their impact on family law courts and advocacy. It focuses on the rise in people representing their own legal case and argues that the reforms effectively `delawyerise' disputes, producing a more inquisitorial justice system and impacting the litigants, court system, staff and process. Arguing for a more holistic concept of the reforms, the book will be of relevance to students, academics, policy-makers, judges, campaigners and social workers, in England and Wales, and other other jurisdictions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447335450
SKU
V9781447335450
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Sarah Moore
Sarah Moore joined the University of Bath in 2015, having previously held posts at Royal Holloway University of London and Queen's University, Belfast. Her research ranges across the sociology of crime/criminal justice and the sociology of health, linked by an interest in the cultural construction of danger and the social mechanisms of blame. She is the author of two previous ... Read more
Reviews for Legal Aid in Crisis: Assessing the Impact of Reform
A valuable and timely contribution to the discussion of the impact of reforms to legal aid in England and Wales. Jennifer Sigafoos, University of Liverpool This social policy perspective on recent legal aid reform provides essential reading for those engaged in access to justice thinking. Pascoe Pleasence, University College London