Access to justice is a fundamental democratic right for all
citizens. In order to exercise this right people need lawyers or
other legal professionals to translate their everyday problems and
conflicts to the distant legal world and to translate legal
language into the ordinary language of the average (potential)
litigant. In both countries the legal aid system is under pressure
partly due to the economic crisis, partly because of the increasing
demand for and use of legal aid. We live in times of austerity and
the legal aid system is considered to be too expensive. In both
Belgium and the Netherlands we see cutbacks and proposals to reform
the legal aid system. Legal Aid in the Low Countries deals with the
system of legal aid in Belgium and the Netherlands. Central
questions in the book are whether the conditions for a sound legal
aid system are met, especially in the fields of law that mainly
concern the 'have nots'; the main ethical considerations that legal
aid providers have to take into account; and the alternatives for
legal aid and complementary solutions to enhance access to justice.
The approaches to legal aid are very varied: the socio-legal
approach, the policy approach, the critical approach, the legal
approach, etc. Legal Aid in the Low Countries is unique in how it
brings these disciplines together. It broadens the debate on legal
aid and sheds light on these questions from the perspectives of all
these disciplines. The book is written for everyone who is
professionally or scientifically interested in legal aid.
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