Histories of Legal Aid: A Comparative and International Perspective (1st ed. 2021) (World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence)

By: Felice Batlan and Marianne Vasara-Aaltonen

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Synopsis: This book focuses on the history of the provision of legal aid and legal assistance to the poor in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in eight different countries. It is the first such book to bring together historical work on legal aid in a comparative perspective, and allows readers to analogise and contrast historical narratives about free legal aid across countries. Legal aid developed as a result of industrialisation, urbanization, immigration, the rise of philanthropy, and what were viewed as new legal problems. Closely related, was the growing professionalisation of lawyers and the question of what duties lawyers owed society to perform free work. Yet, legal aid providers in many countries included lay women and men, leading at times to tensions with the bar. Furthermore, legal aid often became deeply politicized, creating dramatic conflicts concerning the rights of the poor to have equal access to justice.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030802714
Related ISBNs:: 9783030802707
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 05/02/22
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Marianne Vasara-Aaltonen
Edited by:: Felice Batlan