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Justice for the poor : Perspectives on accelerating access

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2009Description: 678p xvISBN:
  • 9780195692051
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.017 DIA-2
Contents:
Contents: Introduction xv AYESHA KADWANI DIAS AND GrrA HONWANA WELCH I. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE -1 1. International Law and Sources of Access to Justice- 3 AYESHA KADWANI DIAS 2. The Renascent Access Notions:-72 Globalization and Access to Justice UPENDRA BAXI I. ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN PLURAL LEGAL SYSTEMS-103 3. Community, Justice Institutions, and Judicialization-106 Lessons from Rural Peru Juuo FAUNDEZ 4. Women and Access to Justice 129 FAREDABANDA 5. Access to Justice and Women's Human-154 Rights in a Plural Legal Framework: A Case Study of the Application of Hudood Laws in Pakistan SHAHEEN SARDARALI Il. ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION-181 6. The Public Interest Movement in South Africa-185 Law as a Means of Promoting Social Justice GEOFF BDLL\DER 7. Social Action Litigation and Access to Justice-207 in Nigeria: A Critical Case Study SHEDRACKC.AGBAKWAANDOBIORACHINEDUOKAFOR 8. Public Interest Litigation in Central and-256 Eastern Europe JAMES A. GOLDSTON IV DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE, AND JUSTICE-293 PROGRAMMING 9. Independence of Courts and Access to 297 Justice in Kenya: A New Constitutional Vision JILL COTTRELL AND YASH GHAI 10. Judicial and Anti-Corruption Reform in Africa: 331 Between Market Efficiency and Access to Justice for the Poor JAMES THUOGATHII 11. Legitimacy, Accountability, and 348 Judicial Independence: Towards Judicial Effectiveness MOHAMED C. OTHMAN 12. Focusing on Legal Empowerment: 373 The UNDP LEAD Project in Indonesia STEPHEN GOLUB V REGIONAL EXPERIENCES: DEVELOPMENTS AND 413 OBSTACLES 13. Expanding Access to Justice in Africa: 419 Experiences and Perspectives FRANCEScADAGNINO 14. Delivery of Legal Aid Services in Developing 449 Countries: In the Light of the South African Experience DAID MCQUOID-MASON 15. Advancing Access to Justice in Europe and the 483 Commonwealth of Independent States: The Experience of UNDP ALLAN McCHESNEY 16. Access to Justice in the Arab Region 516 NOHA EL-MIKAWY AND ZENA AL AHMED 17. Access to Justice in Latin America: 554 Approach and Experience SILVINA RAMIREZ, LEIRE OTAMENDI, AND ALEJANDRO ALVAREZt 18. Avatars of Rule of Law and Access to Justice: 588 Some Asian Apects R. SUDARSHAN.
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Contents:
Introduction xv
AYESHA KADWANI DIAS AND GrrA HONWANA WELCH
I. THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE -1
1. International Law and Sources of Access to Justice- 3
AYESHA KADWANI DIAS
2. The Renascent Access Notions:-72
Globalization and Access to Justice
UPENDRA BAXI
I. ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN PLURAL LEGAL SYSTEMS-103
3. Community, Justice Institutions, and Judicialization-106
Lessons from Rural Peru
Juuo FAUNDEZ
4. Women and Access to Justice 129
FAREDABANDA
5. Access to Justice and Women's Human-154
Rights in a Plural Legal Framework:
A Case Study of the Application of Hudood Laws
in Pakistan
SHAHEEN SARDARALI
Il. ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION-181
6. The Public Interest Movement in South Africa-185
Law as a Means of Promoting Social Justice
GEOFF BDLL\DER
7. Social Action Litigation and Access to Justice-207
in Nigeria: A Critical Case Study
SHEDRACKC.AGBAKWAANDOBIORACHINEDUOKAFOR
8. Public Interest Litigation in Central and-256
Eastern Europe
JAMES A. GOLDSTON
IV DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE, AND JUSTICE-293
PROGRAMMING
9. Independence of Courts and Access to 297
Justice in Kenya: A New Constitutional Vision
JILL COTTRELL AND YASH GHAI
10. Judicial and Anti-Corruption Reform in Africa: 331
Between Market Efficiency and Access to
Justice for the Poor
JAMES THUOGATHII
11. Legitimacy, Accountability, and 348
Judicial Independence:
Towards Judicial Effectiveness
MOHAMED C. OTHMAN
12. Focusing on Legal Empowerment: 373
The UNDP LEAD Project in Indonesia
STEPHEN GOLUB
V REGIONAL EXPERIENCES: DEVELOPMENTS AND 413
OBSTACLES
13. Expanding Access to Justice in Africa: 419
Experiences and Perspectives
FRANCEScADAGNINO
14. Delivery of Legal Aid Services in Developing 449
Countries: In the Light of the South African
Experience
DAID MCQUOID-MASON
15. Advancing Access to Justice in Europe and the 483
Commonwealth of Independent States:
The Experience of UNDP
ALLAN McCHESNEY
16. Access to Justice in the Arab Region 516
NOHA EL-MIKAWY AND ZENA AL AHMED
17. Access to Justice in Latin America: 554
Approach and Experience
SILVINA RAMIREZ, LEIRE OTAMENDI, AND ALEJANDRO ALVAREZt
18. Avatars of Rule of Law and Access to Justice: 588
Some Asian Apects
R. SUDARSHAN.