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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Main Author: Johnson, Earl, 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara : Praeger, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • VOL. 1: THE CHARITABLY FUNDED ERA (1876--1964): "And to Promote Measures for Their Protection"
  • Two Men and a Book
  • The Limits of Private Charity
  • Remaking Legal Aid
  • The Dream Goes National
  • THE OEO LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM AND THE WAR ON POVERTY ERA (1965--1971): The "Scandinavian Boy Scout" at the Helm
  • Leveling the Legal Landscape
  • "Germs Don't Make Political Donations, but Losing Litigants Do"
  • Wall Street Lawyers for the Poor
  • Can Small Cases Make Big Law?
  • A Bright Present, but an Uncertain Future
  • The Transition from Shriver's Dream to Rumsfeld's Regime
  • Early Mixed Messages, Then a United Front
  • Into the Political Quicksand
  • Reagan versus CRLA
  • V. 2: