To a disturbing degree, we are at the mercy of our time and place. While law may provide relief for some of life's troubles, that requires access to justice. Accessibility is the focus of this volume, which expands analysis of access to justice beyond the US and the UK to Asia and other comparative jurisdictions. Chapters characterise access to justice dynamics in these jurisdictions by addressing how access is understood, how it is achieved or not achieved, and how the jurisdiction should improve. The book addresses some issues seldom addressed in analyses of western jurisdictions, such as paid mandatory legal services and mandatory public interest activities, and provides English translations of relevant regulations. The book expands our understanding of access to justice with a comparative perspective, one that allows readers to identify relationships between access and its constitutive environment.

Analyses access to justice in Asia and other non-Western jurisdictions, including programmes of mandatory public interest activities.

About the Author
Helena Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law. Her publications include the co-authored Litigants in Person: Principles and Practice in Civil and Family Matters in Singapore (2021), and The Conceptualisation of Pro Bono in Singapore (2014). Helena is an Expert with the UNODC's Education for Justice project and has been Faculty Advisor for the NUS Law Faculty's student Pro Bono Group since its inception in 2005.


Book Information
ISBN 9781316517451
Author Helena Whalen-Bridge
Format Hardback
Page Count 470
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 840g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 175mm * 27mm