The Transformation of Legal Aid Comparative and Historical Studies [Hardcover]

Legal aid flourished briefly in the 1960s and 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s however, saw a dramatic decline in its fortunes. This book is a collection of original, comparative and historical, studies by the leading international scholars in the field. It offers compelling new interpretations of the rise, decline and future prospects of legal aid.

Part One: Historical Studies
1. Justice and reform a quarter century later,Earl Johnson, Jr, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal
2. The decline of the Legal Services Corporation: its ideological, stupid!,John Kilwein, Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University, USA
3. Can community clinics survive? A comparative study of law centres in Australia, Ontario and England,Frederick H Zemans and Aneurin Thomas, Oswoode Hall Law School, University of York, Ontario, Canada
4. Making the welfare state work: changing conceptions of legal remedies within the British welfare state,Tamara Goriely, Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Part Two: Comparative Studies
5. The lawyers' lobby and the welfare state: the political economy of legal aid,Erhard Blankenburg, Professor, Faculteir der Rechtsgeleerdheird, Vrije University, The Netherlands
6. Promise and perils of comparative legal aid research: in the construction of comparison in legal aid spending,Cyrus Tata, Lecturer in Socio Legal Studies, the Centre for Sentencing Research, Law School, University of Strathclyde
7. Legal aid reform in France and the Republic of Ireland in the 1990s,Mel Cousins
8. Why do legal aid services vary between societies? Reexamining the impact of welfare states and legal families,Francis Regan, Lecturer in Legal Studies, Flinders University, Australia
Part Three: Emerging Themes
9. Studies of legal needs and legal aid in a market context,Jon T Johnsen, ProfelC"