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International Symposium On Legal Aid - Report, Frederick H. Zemans
International Symposium On Legal Aid - Report, Frederick H. Zemans
Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents
This document contains extracts from the report on the International Symposium on Legal Aid held on October 30-31 in Tokyo, Japan.
Professor Zemans contributed the following lecture:
Worldwide Trends in Legal Aid - by Prof . Dr. F . H. Zemans
I. Introduction
II. The Moral Argument
III. Models of Delivery
IV. Models of Legal Services
V. Professionalization of Legal Services
VI. Conclusion
Worldwide Trends In Legal Aid, Frederick H. Zemans
Worldwide Trends In Legal Aid, Frederick H. Zemans
Conference Papers
The paper discusses the significant developments in the prov1s1on of legal services to low-income persons that have taken place during the last four decades. Since the second world war, there have been numerous developments in various parts of the world with respect to legal services, as the legal profession, the judiciary, and governments have grappled with civil and criminal procedures in their attempt to make them more accessible to the poor, the unemployed and the victims who have traditionally been excluded from the legal system.
Understanding "Understanding:" Industrial Relations Research And Policy In Canada From 1969 To 1984...And Beyond, Harry W. Arthurs
Understanding "Understanding:" Industrial Relations Research And Policy In Canada From 1969 To 1984...And Beyond, Harry W. Arthurs
Articles & Book Chapters
This paper is the H.D. Woods Memorial Lecture presented at the 1984 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Guelph, Ontario.
Damages As A Remedy For Infringement Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Marilyn L. Pilkington
Damages As A Remedy For Infringement Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Marilyn L. Pilkington
Articles & Book Chapters
Section 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms confers on the courts the power to award to anyone whose rights or freedoms under the Charter have been infringed "such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances". This article discusses the issues with which the courts will have to deal if they are asked to award damages for infringement of constitutional rights. It considers, inter alias the purposes which the award of damages may serve; the elements of a constitutional damage claim; the defendants against whom such a claim may be made; and the appropriate …
The Determination Of Occupational Health And Safety Standards In Ontario 1860-1982: From Markets To Politics To...?, Eric Tucker
The Determination Of Occupational Health And Safety Standards In Ontario 1860-1982: From Markets To Politics To...?, Eric Tucker
Articles & Book Chapters
The author reviews the historical development of the decision-making frameworks within which courts and the Legislature have made choices regarding the allocation of risks to health and safety in the workplace. Arguing that this development has been conditioned by the necessity of satisfying in a capitalist democracy conflicting demands to facilitate capital accumulation and to justify to the electorate the manner in which choices regarding the structure of the processes of production have been made, the author contends that recent pressure to adopt cost-benefit analysis to satisfy the demands of legitimation and accumulation, and challenges its adequacy as a normative …