Title:
The justice crisis : the cost and value of accessing law
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
xviii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780774863575
Abstract:
Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in much of the Canadian justice system. The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn't working in efforts to strengthen a fundamental right of democratic citizenship: access to civil and family justice. Contributors to this wide-ranging overview of recent empirical research address key issues: the extent and cost of unmet legal needs; the role of public funding; connections between legal and social exclusion among vulnerable populations; the value of new legal pathways; the provision of justice services beyond the courts and lawyers; and the need for a culture change within the justice system.
Contents:
Introduction: Taking meaningful access to justice in Canada seriously / Trevor C.F. Farrow and Lesley A. Jacobs -- Part 1: Understanding the access to justice crisis. Prices, costs, and access to justice / Michael Trebilcock ; Measuring justice system performance in Quebec and Canada: indicators for benchmarking systems and highlighting best practices / Moktar Lamari, Pierre Noreau, and Marylène Leduc ; Public spending on access to justice: where do we go from here? / Lisa Moore and Mitchell Perlmutter -- Part 2: Experiencing everyday legal problems. The monetary costs of everyday legal problems and expanding access to justice / Ab Currie ; How Ontarians experience the law: an examination of incidence rate, responses, and costs of legal problems / Matthew Dylag ; Truth, reconciliation, and the cost of adversarial justice / Trevor C.W. Farrow ; The costs of justice in domestic violence cases: mapping Canadian law and policy / Jennifer Koshan, Janet Mosher, and Wanda Wiegers -- Part 3: Legal services and paths to justice. Paralegals and access to justice for tenants: a case study / David Wiseman ; Court-ordered family legal information sessions in Ontario: a path to justice approach / Lesley A. Jacobs and Carolyn Carter ; The value of class actions / Catherine Piché ; Social enterprise, social innovation, and access to justice / Lorne Sossin and Devon Kapoor -- Part 4: Legal profession and meaningful access to justice. Legal culture as the key to affordable access / M. Jerry McHale, QC ; Legal fee regimes and the cost of civil justice / Herbert M. Kritzer ; Assessing client interests and process costs in a litigation risk analysis / Michaela Keet and Heather Heavin ; Regulating contingency fees: a consumer welfare perspective / Noel Semple.
Language:
English
