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  • Opportunities and Limitations in the Provision of Self-help Legal Resources to Citizens in Need

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    Lawler, Merran
    Giddings, Jeff
    Robertson, Michael
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Giddings, Jeff M.
    Lawler, Merran J.
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    This article considers the utility of resources designed to assist people undertaking their own legal work. Four in-depth case studies are used to explore the tensions inherent in providing coherent and user-oriented resources to legal self-helpers in environments where service providers attempt to convey complex legal information, knowledge and skills to people at the point of legal exigency. The needs of the consumer for basic process oriented and solutions focused resources do not always coincide with the objectives of providers to impart sufficient legal knowledge, information and skills to allow the consumer to work ...
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    This article considers the utility of resources designed to assist people undertaking their own legal work. Four in-depth case studies are used to explore the tensions inherent in providing coherent and user-oriented resources to legal self-helpers in environments where service providers attempt to convey complex legal information, knowledge and skills to people at the point of legal exigency. The needs of the consumer for basic process oriented and solutions focused resources do not always coincide with the objectives of providers to impart sufficient legal knowledge, information and skills to allow the consumer to work through those processes as an informed citizen.
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    Journal Title
    Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
    Volume
    30
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/wyaj/
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 University of Windsor . The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Access to Justice
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/49508
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