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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Deborah L. Rhode (Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 22.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 16.10cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780195306484ISBN 10: 0195306481 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 12 January 2006 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Equal Justice Under Law: The Gap between Principle and Practice 2: Litigation and Its Discontents: Too Much Law for Those Who Can Afford It, Too Little for Everyone Else 3: Historical Perspectives: Legal Rights and Social Wrongs 4: Access to What? Law without Lawyers and New Models of Legal Assistance 5: Locked In and Locked Out: The Legal Needs of Low-Income Communities 6: Presumed Guilty: Class Injustice in Criminal Justice 7: Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice 8: A Roadmap for Reform Notes: Index:ReviewsRhode has written an important, thoughtful, and well-argued book. --Law and Politics Book Review<br> What makes Ms. Rhode such an effective advocate is not the piercing nature of her salvos--which are lethal--but the abundance of support for her arguments. Access to Justice is thoroughly researched and finely written. --New York Law Journal<br> Deborah Rhode has jolted a million lawyers with a wake-up call. She urges them to open the doors to the unmet need for justice by most of the people who cannot afford their services. A challenging book for anyone, not just lawyers and law students, who believes that justice can be done if we have the will to pursue it. --Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate<br> Author InformationDeborah L. Rhode is Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director of the Stanford Center on Ethics at Stanford University. She has served as president of the Association of American Law Schools, Chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, and senior counsel for the House Judiciary Committee on impeachment issues. She has received the Keck Foundation Award for Distinguished Scholarship on Legal Ethics by the American Bar Foundation as well as the Pro Bono Publico Award from the American Bar Association. This is her twelfth book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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