ATS1282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Allopatric Speciation, Legal Aid
16 Aug 2018
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Week 7 social inequality and access to justice. Justice gap: what is access to justice and why does it matter: study of criminal justice system in action: justice for some is perceived and experienced as injustice by others. How does the criminal justice system respond to social problems that are grounded in causes of disadvantage: specialist courts and therapeutic justice. Access to justice: a concept that refers to the ability of individuals and groups to use the law, including access to lawyers and having their issues heard and dealt with adequately within the legal system including the courts. "law is not everywhere and anywhere the same. It is adapted in form and function to the social relations which it regulates. "reasonable" person would do in particular circumstances, based on an abstract legal subject that tends to reflect a male, middle-class masculinity: postmodernism.
