To establish justice for all : the past and future of civil legal aid in the United States /
"American statesman Sargent Shriver said that of all the War on Poverty programs he started, he was 'proudest of' the Legal Services Program; American Bar Association president Edward Kuhn said its creation was the most important development in the history of the legal profession. Ear...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara :
Praeger,
2014
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| Summary: | "American statesman Sargent Shriver said that of all the War on Poverty programs he started, he was 'proudest of' the Legal Services Program; American Bar Association president Edward Kuhn said its creation was the most important development in the history of the legal profession. Earl Johnson Jr., a former director of the War on Poverty's Legal Services Program, provides a vivid account of the entire history of civil legal aid from its inception in 1876 to the current day. The first to capture the full story of the dramatic, ongoing struggle to bring equal justice to those unable to afford a lawyer, this monumental three-volume work covers the personalities and events leading to a national legal aid movement - and decades later, the federal government's entry into the field, followed by its creation of a unique institution, an independent Legal Services Corporation, to take over the program when the War on Poverty ended. The narrative also covers the landmark court victories the attorneys won and the political controversies those cases generated, along with the heated congressional battles over the shape and survival of the Legal Services Corporation. In the final chapters, the author assesses the current state of civil legal aid and its future prospects in the United States"--Unedited summary from book cover |
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| Physical Description: | 3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780313357060 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 0313357064 (hardcopy : alk. paper) |