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Having A Say: Democracy, Access To Justice And Self-Represented Litigants, Jennifer Ann Leitch
Having A Say: Democracy, Access To Justice And Self-Represented Litigants, Jennifer Ann Leitch
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Access to Justice is one of the most contested issues on the law-and-society agenda. There is a long-standing exchange over its meaning, objectives, and success. Beneath that engagement, there is a deeper and more basic debate about the overall ambitions for access to justice: is the goal to improve peoples access to the legal process and generate more positive outcomes (the practical thesis), or to enhance peoples participation and ultimately their ability to affect justice as an end in itself (the democratic thesis)? This thesis adopts the latter approach.
The plight of self-represented litigants (SRLs) offers a revealing glimpse into …