LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Constituencies Of Iceland, Community Organizing, Duty Counsel
22 Mar 2016
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Lass class: the art of negociation, mediation and arbitration Interrogation about the nature or definition of justice Some of the problems: identities and the issue of poverty. Important: legal aid in canada falls under the provincial jurisdiction, although. Now, we often have a mixed ratio between both models, according to: Specific tariff: limit the access to services (both top lawyers and too-small-of-a- claim) Tend to concentrate on the more serious matters: criminal and civil cases in. Emphasizes on problem-solving rather than on addressing prevention mechanisms. One problem: lawyer professional culture as obstacle. Must resist the influence of outsider on how and what cases to take. Under a duty to confidentiality, making collective endeavors somewhat difficult. Use full-time salaried lawyers and non-legal personal working in legal clinics. Clinic locating in poor area of town, to make accessible both physically and psychologically. Specializing in problems that affect especially the disenfranchised:
