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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Access to justice"”.
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Access to justice by refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa
Premised on the fact that access to justice is essential, if rights are to be actually enjoyed, this thesis set out to examine the extent to which refugees and asylum seekers are able to access justice in South Africa, both for the enforcement of their rights and to settle disputes or other …
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Contingency fee regulations: a means of enhancing access to justice in Zambia
Access to justice is one of the most fundamental human rights, that is or should be the cornerstone of any democratic society and any country that purports to uphold the Rule of law. There are many ways identified that help to enhance access to justice, one of which is the use of contingency fee …
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Drawing to support vulnerable witnesses' and victims' episodic memory : increasing access to justice
Information provided by witnesses is fundamental to the investigation of criminal offences, and vulnerable people make up a large proportion of witnesses who enter the criminal justice system. Research concerning particularly vulnerable witnesses (i.e., children with autism) is still in its …
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Consumer redress; an enquiry into individual mechanisms providing access to justice for consumers
… over the enforcement difficulties in relation to consumer claims. This has focused on the formal and forbidding nature of court proceedings and the general public's reluctance to use the County Court systems for the enforcement of their rights. Since the Consumer Council's indictment of the …
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The Equal Access to Justice Act and Federal Land Management: Incentives to Litigate?
The increasing use of litigation as a tool to influence land management decisions has been documented within the Forest Service. The Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), which allows successful litigants to recover attorney fees and other legal expenses from the federal government, has come under …
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Prolonged and arbitrary arrest and detention: an access to justice dilemma for South Sudan
… which was fuelled by a combination of factors including race, religion, the denial of human rights and dignity for the people of the south. Independence from Sudan ushered in a hope that the conflict-affected population could have a homeland of their own to live in peace and dignity. …
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Rights + Capacity = Access to Justice: A Visual Exploration of Housing Precarity for Five Equity-Deserving Groups
… housing precarity and bring a new visual model to life while illustrating the importance of addressing both rights and capacity as critical elements toward achieving more holistic justice outcomes. What does the axis of rights and capacity look like for five justice-deserving groups of people …
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Violence against women in rural Southern Cape: exploring access to justice within a feminist jurisprudence framework
… of the most vulnerable groups in South Africa to violence in their communities and in their homes. To date, information on rural women, their experiences with domestic violence and social development is both fragmented and inconsistent. The issue of access to justice for rural women presented …
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Violence against women in rural Southern Cape : exploring access to justice within a feminist jurisprudence framework
… of the most vulnerable groups in South Africa to violence in their communities and in their homes. To date, information on rural women, their experiences with domestic violence and social development is both fragmented and inconsistent. The issue of access to justice for rural women presented …
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Fair trial and access to justice in South Africa how traditional tribunals cater to the needs of rural female litigants
… imbued the concepts of fair trial and access to justice in Western culture. The United Nations later proclaimed these foreign principles 'universal human rights', seemingly oblivious of the marginal role played by African states during conceptualisation. African governments, mindful of …
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An analysis of whether or not statutory instrument NO.61 of 2010 has improved access to Justice and delivery of legal service
… the judiciary are involved in the administrative justices. To a larger extent, for any institution to operate effectively and efficiently, salaries and conditions of service for staff among other things should be well taken care of In Zambia the conditions of service for Judges are provided for …
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Enhancing access to justice in Zimbabwe: an empirical exploration of integrating socially appropriate dispute resolution to overcome barriers within the formal justice system
… indigenous laws, rules, and epistemologies to the status of informality, except for those that did not offend European notions of justice and morality. Despite colonial onslaughter, relegated ways of life continued guiding the majority Black population, albeit informally. This established …
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"It's not just all about the technology": Understanding the role of statewide legal information websites in expanding access to justice in the United States
… resources and information specifically targeted toward low-income individuals. A network of statewide legal information websites now plays a central role in the access to justice movement in the United States. While these websites now exist in some form throughout this country, it has been more …
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Access to justice and locus standi in Nigeria: Assessing the impact of the common law approach to locus standi on sexual minorities' human rights
Access to justice is a right guaranteed in all international and regional instruments and domestic constitutions. The full enjoyment, protection, and respect of all fundamental human rights rests on the ability of states to establish effective judicial remedies. The ability of all persons within a …
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Gender and the Rule of Law in Theory and Practice: Challenges and Prospects for Strengthening Women's Access to Justice in Gender-Based Violence Cases
… viewed at the global policy level as essential to human rights, justice and development. Rule of law reform programming is now a core part of development efforts led by the United Nations and other actors in more than 150 countries around the world. Yet, the rule of law in both theory and …
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Access to justice in environmental law: An investigation of the locus standi of environmental pressure groups in English law and the creation of an environmental court
… of this work, their selfperception and their access to our Courts is a subject that has, for some time, been of personal interest to me. I had had no personal contact with any pressure group until approximately 10 years ago when, standing at the window of a naval Wardroom in the South of …
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Accessibility and Fairness of the Nevada Court System
… most basic tenets of the judicial system require access to justice and a fair process in reaching judgment. Thus this research sought to determine whether Nevada courts were accessible and fair. One might think, it is easy enough to determine by simply looking at who won or lost the case, however, …
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AN EVALUATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING SUCCESS IN COURT ANNEXED MEDIATION IN SASKATCHEWAN
… in Saskatchewan through Canada’s evolving access to justice framework, arguing that traditional measures such as settlement rates, user satisfaction, and docket efficiency provide an incomplete picture of mediation’s justice impact. Drawing on the Access to Justice Measurement Framework …
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Toward the computational transformation of legal theory and practice
This doctoral thesis seeks to advance the formalization of computational law as a distinct research discipline. It explores three interwoven key themes: the empirical understanding of legal systems through advanced computational methods; the development of computational tools to augment the …
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Gratuidade na justiça do trabalho: inconstitucionalidades à luz do princípio do acesso à justiça
The present work aimed to examine the current regulation of the benefit of free justice in the labor sphere, in order to allow a reflection on the possible existing unconstitutionalities in light of the principle of access to justice, also seeking to delimit the position adopted by the main courts …
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