Middle Income Access to Justice / / M. Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, Lorne Sossin.

• VerfasserIn: Trebilcock, M.,; Duggan, Anthony ,; Sossin, Lorne,
• MitwirkendeR: Bala, Nicholas,; Balmer, Nigel J.,; Baxter, Jamie,; Beg, Samreen,; Choudhry, Sujit,; Czutrin, Justice George,; Duggan, Anthony,; Engler, Russell,; Ginsberg, Stephen B.,; Kao, Dennis,; Malbon, Justin,; McGill, Shelley,; Pleasence, Pascoe,; Ramsay, Iain,; Remani, Azim,; Rogerson, Carol,; Sandefur, Rebecca L.,; Semple, Noel,; Smith, Roger,; Sossin, Lorne,; Trebilcock, Michael,; Vayda, Paul A.,; Wilson, James,; Yoon, Albert,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (624 p.) :; 8 figures
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Contributors --; Part 1: Introduction --; Introduction --; Part 2: Defining the Problem - What Are the Unmet Legal Needs? --; 1. Caught in the Middle: Justiciable Problems and the Use of Lawyers --; 2. The Ontario Civil Legal Needs Project: A Comparative Analysis of the 2009 Survey Data --; Part 3: 'Front-End' Proactive Solutions --; 3. Front-End Strategies for Improving Consumer Access to Justice --; Part 4: Non-Lawyer Forms of Assistance --; 4. Opportunities and Challenges: Non-Lawyer Forms of Assistance in Providing Access to Justice for Middle- Income Earners --; 5. Middle Income Access to Civil Justice: Implication of Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales --; Part 5: Access to Lawyers --; 6. Should Legal Services Be Unbundled? --; 7. Money Isn't Everything: Understanding Moderate Income Households' Use of Lawyers' Services --; 8. Legal Services Plans: Crucial-Time Access to Lawyers and the Case for a Public-Private Partnership --; Part 6: Reforming the Dispute Resolution Process --; 9. Reforming Family Dispute Resolution in Ontario: Systemic Changes and Cultural Shifts --; 10. Some Reflections on Family Dispute Resolution in Ontario --; 11. Access to Justice for Small Amount Claims in the Consumer Marketplace: Lessons from Australia --; 12. Challenges in Small Claims Court Design: Does One Size Fit All? --; Part 7: Creating Change and Reform of the Judicial System --; 13. Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expenses Insurance --; Part 8: The Options Papers --; Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with Respect to Family Law --; Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with Respect to Consumer and Debtor/Creditor Law --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442660601
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442660601
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: M. Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, Lorne Sossin.

Though most conceptions of the rule of law assume equality before the law - and hence equal access to the justice system - this basic right is not being met for many low and middle income Canadians. This book focuses on the problem of civil access to justice for middle income earners - those whose household income is high enough to disqualify them from legal aid but not high enough to cover the costs of litigation. Featuring contributions by leading Canadian and international scholars, practitioners, and members of the judiciary, this multidisciplinary collection draws on scholarship in the fields of law, social science, and public policy. There is a particular emphasis on family law, consumer law, and employment law, as these are the areas where research has indicated that unmet legal needs are highest.Middle Income Access to Justice presents a variety of innovative solutions, from dispute resolution process reforms to the development of non-lawyer forms of assistance and new methods for funding legal expenses. In doing so, it lays the foundation for the development of a much-needed new delivery model to provide early intervention for legal services.