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NCJ Number: 82001 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Access to the Law - A Research and Discussion Paper
Document: PDF
Date Published: 1981
Annotation: Existing New Zealand legal aid schemes are described and assessed, and problems of access to legal services are identified, followed by consideration of proposed solutions to these problems.
Abstract: In describing current legal aid schemes, civil legal aid, offenders' legal aid, and the functions of the duty solicitor are introduced with a formal description of their objectives, scope, nature, and administration. The bulk of each chapter then portrays how the various legal aid schemes function in practice and reports on the assessment of the services by the various groups involved in delivering or using the services. Also included are findings from national surveys of 1979 civil legal aid files and defendants charged with imprisonable offenses in 1979. Legal aid services provided by voluntary and nongovernmental agencies are considered, although sparse information on them does not permit an authoritative evaluation of their effectiveness. Concepts of legal need and access to legal services are discussed and related to the New Zealand setting, and alternative delivery systems developed in other countries are described. The concluding chapter presents proposals for New Zealand's future legal assistance programs. Generally, current legal aid services in New Zealand are deemed to be too narrow and inflexible. The proposals presented serve to expand legal services to provide access to legal redress and defense for all persons who cannot presently afford such access. Associated research reports are appended. A bibliography of 55 listings is provided.
Index Term(s): Legal aid services; New Zealand
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice/
Rockville, MD 20849
New Zealand Dept of Justice
New Zealand
Corporate Author: New Zealand Dept of Justice
Research Unit
Planning and Development Div
New Zealand
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
Page Count: 222
Language: English
Country: New Zealand
Note: Study Series Number 6
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