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Paternalistic Interventions In Civil Rights And Poverty Law: A Case Study Of Environmental Justice, Anthony V. Alfieri Apr 2014

Paternalistic Interventions In Civil Rights And Poverty Law: A Case Study Of Environmental Justice, Anthony V. Alfieri

Michigan Law Review

Low-income communities of color in Miami and in cities across the nation both share aspirations of equal justice and democratic participation and suffer the burdens of legal underrepresentation and political disenfranchisement. Such burdens become crippling when, as in Miami, local legal aid offices, public interest organizations, and bar associations lack the resources to provide meaningful private access to justice or to muster significant public engagement in the political process. These burdens become especially crippling when, again as in Miami, local and state governments adopt policies that engender inner-city neglect, economic displacement, and racial exclusion. In these circumstances, volunteer lawyers from …


Poverty Lawyering In The Golden Age, Matthew Diller May 1995

Poverty Lawyering In The Golden Age, Matthew Diller

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Brutal Need: Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973 by Martha F. Davis


The Public Defender, Robert R. Kimball May 1988

The Public Defender, Robert R. Kimball

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Public Defender by Lisa J. McIntyre


Poor People's Lawyers In Transition, Michigan Law Review Mar 1983

Poor People's Lawyers In Transition, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Poor People's Lawyers in Transition by Jack Katz


Lawyers And The Pursuit Of Legal Rights, Michigan Law Review Mar 1981

Lawyers And The Pursuit Of Legal Rights, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Lawyers and the Pursuit of Legal Rights by Joel F. Handler, Ellen Jane Hollingsworth and Howard S. Erlanger