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Vivek Maru, Varun Gauri - Community Paralegals and the Pursuit of Justice, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Community Paralegals and the Pursuit of Justice

Av Vivek Maru, Varun Gauri

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Beskrivning
The United Nations estimates that four billion people worldwide live outside the protection of the law. These people can be driven from their land, intimidated by violence, and excluded from society. This book is about community paralegals - sometimes called barefoot lawyers - who demystify law and empower people to advocate for themselves. These paralegals date back to 1950s South Africa and are active today in many countries, but their role has largely been ignored by researchers. Community Paralegals and the Pursuit of Justice is the first book on the subject. Focusing on paralegal movements in six countries, Vivek Maru, Varun Gauri, and their coauthors have collected rich, vivid stories of paralegals helping people to take on injustice, from domestic violence to unlawful mining to denial of wages. From these stories emerges evidence of what works and how. The insights in the book will be of immense value in the global fight for universal justice. This title is also available as Open Access.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-12-20
  • Mått: 156 x 235 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 530 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 284
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107159716
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Vivek Maru is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Namati, an organization dedicated to supporting legal empowerment around the world. Varun Gauri is a Senior Economist in the Development Economics Vice Presidency of the World Bank.

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'In the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, world governments made a historic commitment to achieve 'access to justice for all'. This book is a must-read for anyone who, like me, believes in the urgency and vitality of that goal, and anyone who wants to understand how we go about achieving it. If 'access to justice' is an abstraction to you, it won't be once you read the stories in these pages of paralegals and clients seeking justice. Those stories are unforgettable. They hold lessons for all of us.' Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former High Commissioner for Human Rights

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