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The Poor in Court: The Legal Services Program and Supreme Court Decision Making

Susan E. Lawrence

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Focusing on the Supreme Court as an integral part of the policy-making process, Susan Lawrence examines how a change in who has access to the Court, and the nature of the institutions that structure that access, has affected its agenda setting and doctrinal development. In her analysis of cases sponsored by the Legal Services Program (LSP) before the Supreme Court during the 1966 through 1974 terms, she explores the effect of this agency in creating a voice for the poor in the judicial policy-making process. The Court's response to cases presented by the LSP--as exemplified in its decisions to invalidate residency requirements for welfare recipients (Shapiro v. Thompson, 1969) but uphold maximum family grants (Dandridge v. Williams, 1970)--is described as emerging from a timely combination of new litigant claims, available legal bases, and judicial values and role conceptions, all of which were shaped by the political climate of the era. Lawrence convincingly argues that litigation before the Court is a powerful method of political participation for the disadvantaged.

Public Interest Law Groups: Institutional Profiles (Greenwood Reference Volumes on American Public Policy Formation)

Karen O'Connor, Lee Epstein

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In recent years, public interest law has shifted from an exclusive interest in the expansion of rights in such areas as consumer protection, environmental law, and discrimination to a parallel concern with seeking limits to freedoms and rights in both the public and private sector. In addition, public interest law firms have introduced diversified litigation strategies that were uncommon even a decade ago. This volume is the only comprehensive work to reflect these recent changes in the complexion and strategies of public interest litigation. Following an introduction describing the major shifts that have occurred in public advocacy, the authors present over 300 profiles of firms, groups, and organizations that litigate in behalf of the public interest and/or use the courts to achieve policy ends. Organizations surveyed include groups that focus on the protection of special interests, rights, or resources and those that offer legal aid in diverse areas, as well as legal organizations such as the American Bar Association. Among the areas of concern are the advancement of science in the public interest, conservation, consumer interests, abortion, constitutional and civil rights, and the rights of groups ranging from the elderly, women, children, and the handicapped to American Indians and other minorities. Additional groups and significant public interest cases are listed at the end of the book. An important source of information for those wishing more data on a particular group or the scope of today's public interest litigation, this book is recommended for legal, public, and academic library reference collections.

Legal Resource Directory: A Guide to Free or Inexpensive Assistance for Low Income Families, With Special Sections for Prisoners

Anthony J. Bosoni

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Nice to see an inmate doing something good for men and women looking to rehabilite themselves. I know Tony personally many years ago and hope all is well for him and God has truly changed his life, nice to see him writing So many books including his pen name. Thought about him many times over the years, my life will NEVER be the same. Great book, much needed for this time we live in. Hope he reads this sometime, understand he got out in Nov. 2001 wish you well~ Always

Legal Aid in Canada (Canadian Studies, Vol 2)

Dieter Hoehne

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Civil Justice: An Agenda for the 1990s : Papers of the American Bar Association National Conference on Access to Justice in the 1990S, New Orleans,

American Bar Association National Conference on Access to Justice

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General Principles of European Community Law (European Monographs, Vol 24)

Joakim Nergelius

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This book is based on a selection of papers presented at the Conference in Malmo, Sweden, which was organized by the Swedish Network for European Legal Studies in cooperation with the Faculty of Law of the University of Lund. The purpose of the conference was to analyze general principles and their scope in the EU legal order with special emphasis on their role in the creation of a jus commune europaeum. The impact of the general principles of Community Law at the national level was analyzed and also how these principles have been transformed into the national legal systems. Also discussed was the creative process behind the shaping and further development of the general principles and their application. Due to their complex nature, the general principles offer a more or less unlimited field for theoretical legal studies. At the same time, the general principles play a very important role in legal practice, not least when used as instruments for the protection of individuals and firms against too far-reaching measures taken by the European institutions or Member States.