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

Abstract

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 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-0743

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  Item type:	Book
  ID code:	42659
  Dates:	Date Event September 2011 Published
  Keywords:	lawyers, judiciary , access to justice, Law (General), Criminal justice administration, Law, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  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:	03 Feb 2023 10:02
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/42659