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Community paralegals and the pursuit of justice

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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.

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362.586 COM c

Publisher

New York : Cambridge University Press., 2018

Collation

xv, 269p. : ill.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781316671801

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362.586

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Developing countries
Legal assistants
Legal services

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edited by Vivek Maru and Varun Gauri

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