Lawyers and the Public Good : Democracy in Action?
Paterson, Alan (2011) Lawyers and the Public Good : Democracy in Action? The Hamlyn Lectures . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107626287
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For the 2010 Hamlyn Lectures, Alan Paterson explores different facets of three key institutions in a democracy: lawyers, access to justice and the judiciary. In the case of lawyers he asks whether professionalism is now in terminal decline. To examine access to justice, he discusses past and present crises in legal aid and potential endgames and in relation to judges he examines possible mechanisms for enhancing judicial accountability. In demonstrating that the benign paternalism of lawyers in determining the public good with respect to such issues is no longer unchallenged, he argues that the future roles of lawyers, access to justice and the judiciary will only emerge from dialogues with other stakeholders claiming to speak for the public interest.
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Paterson, Alan ![]() | Item type: | Book |
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ID code: | 42659 |
Keywords: | lawyers, judiciary , access to justice, Law (General), Criminal justice administration, Law |
Subjects: | Law > Law (General) Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Criminal justice administration |
Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Law > Law |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 24 Jan 2013 11:59 |
Last modified: | 01 Jan 2021 07:55 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/42659 |
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