Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice
This paper reviews the World Bank's existing work in access to justice and suggests directions for further Bank engagement in this area. Accesses to justice efforts are grouped here into six categories: court reforms, legal aid, information di...
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okr-10986-181022021-04-23T14:03:35Z Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice Maru, Vivek ASSURANCE CIVIL ACTIONS CIVIL COURTS CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM CIVIL LITIGATION COURT DECISIONS COURT PROCEDURES COURT PROCEEDINGS COURTS INFLATION INTEGRITY JUDGES LAWYERS LEGAL DISPUTES LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL REPRESENTATION LITIGATION SMALL CLAIMS COURTS TRIALS WITNESSES PUBLIC SECTOR CLAIMS LEGAL RECOURSE LITIGATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACCESS TO JUSTICE SMALL CLAIMS COURTS LEGAL ADVISORS INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT CIVIL LAW SYSTEMSACCESS TO JUSTICE This paper reviews the World Bank's existing work in access to justice and suggests directions for further Bank engagement in this area. Accesses to justice efforts are grouped here into six categories: court reforms, legal aid, information dissemination and education, alternative dispute resolution, public sector accountability, and research. The paper is motivated in part by recent discussions of 'legal empowerment;' a thread of inquiry that runs through the review is: how do World Bank efforts to increase access to justice affect the agency of poor people? The paper concludes with insights and recommendations that emerge from the Bank's experience. All justice reform interventions should attend to particularities of sociolegal context, should consider the specific justice needs of poor people, and should be planned not in isolation, but from a system wide perspective. Legal services and legal aid interventions should confront the challenge of scale, should consider alternative methods of service delivery, and should in some cases take care to maintain at least partial independence from the state. The use of non-court dispute resolution mechanisms should be guided by the benefits achieved in cost, time, harmony, and fairness. Evaluations of access to justice programs should go beyond 'headcounts' to demonstrate impact on users of justice services as well as on society at large and to weigh opportunity cost. 2014-04-28T22:45:40Z 2014-04-28T22:45:40Z 2009-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11409605/access-justice-legal-empowerment-review-world-bank-practice http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18102 English en_US Justice and development working paper series;no. 9 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ASSURANCE CIVIL ACTIONS CIVIL COURTS CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM CIVIL LITIGATION COURT DECISIONS COURT PROCEDURES COURT PROCEEDINGS COURTS INFLATION INTEGRITY JUDGES LAWYERS LEGAL DISPUTES LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL REPRESENTATION LITIGATION SMALL CLAIMS COURTS TRIALS WITNESSES PUBLIC SECTOR CLAIMS LEGAL RECOURSE LITIGATION DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACCESS TO JUSTICE SMALL CLAIMS COURTS LEGAL ADVISORS INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT CIVIL LAW SYSTEMSACCESS TO JUSTICE Maru, Vivek Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice |
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This paper reviews the World Bank's
existing work in access to justice and suggests directions
for further Bank engagement in this area. Accesses to
justice efforts are grouped here into six categories: court
reforms, legal aid, information dissemination and education,
alternative dispute resolution, public sector
accountability, and research. The paper is motivated in part
by recent discussions of 'legal empowerment;' a
thread of inquiry that runs through the review is: how do
World Bank efforts to increase access to justice affect the
agency of poor people? The paper concludes with insights and
recommendations that emerge from the Bank's experience.
All justice reform interventions should attend to
particularities of sociolegal context, should consider the
specific justice needs of poor people, and should be planned
not in isolation, but from a system wide perspective. Legal
services and legal aid interventions should confront the
challenge of scale, should consider alternative methods of
service delivery, and should in some cases take care to
maintain at least partial independence from the state. The
use of non-court dispute resolution mechanisms should be
guided by the benefits achieved in cost, time, harmony, and
fairness. Evaluations of access to justice programs should
go beyond 'headcounts' to demonstrate impact on
users of justice services as well as on society at large and
to weigh opportunity cost. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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Maru, Vivek |
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Maru, Vivek |
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Maru, Vivek |
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Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice |
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Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice |
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Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice |
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Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice |
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Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment : A Review of World Bank Practice |
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access to justice and legal empowerment : a review of world bank practice |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11409605/access-justice-legal-empowerment-review-world-bank-practice http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18102 |
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