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ACCESS TO JUSTICE
A New Global Survey

Book Outline

Vol. I – A New Global Survey

I. Introduction
II. Methodology
III. General Report
IV. Global Thematic Reports
1. The first wave (dimension): costs of resolving disputes within the formal judicial machinery and legal aid services to the poorest and most vulnerable people
2. The second wave (dimension): the contemporary initiatives to give representation to diffuse/collective rights
3. The third wave (dimension): the initiatives to improve the procedure and institutions that comprise the dispute-processing machinery
3.1. Civil Procedure
3.2. Criminal Procedure
3.3. Alternative Dispute Resolution
3.4. Simplification of law and by-passing legal process
4. The fourth wave (dimension): professional legal ethics and lawyers’ access to justice
5. The fifth wave (dimension): the contemporary process of internationalization of human rights protection
6. The sixth wave (dimension): promising initiatives and new technologies for improving access to justice
7. The seventh wave: race and gender inequality in justice systems
8. Sociological approaches: (unmet) legal needs and the sociology of (in)justice
8.1. (Unmet) legal needs
8.2. The sociology of (in)justice
9. Anthropological and postcolonial approaches: cultural dimensions of the access problem and learning from First Nation peoples
10. Legal education
11. Global efforts promoting access to justice

Volume II – American Continent

Part One – North America
I. Access to Justice in North America: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Part Two – Central and South America
I. Access to Justice in Central and South America: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Vol. III – Europe and Central Asia

Part One – Nordic Countries
I. Access to Justice in Nordic Countries: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Part Two – Western and Central Europe
I. Access to Justice in Western and Central Europe: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Part Three – Eastern Europe and Central Asia
I. Access to Justice in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Vol. IV – Asia-Pacific and Oceania

Part One – Asia-Pacific
I. Access to Justice in Asia-Pacific: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Part Two – Oceania
I. Access to Justice in Oceania: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Vol. V – Africa and Middle East

Part One – Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
I. Access to Justice in Middle East and North Africa: Regional Report
II. National Reports

Part Two – Central and South Africa
I. Access to Justice in Central and South Africa: Regional Report
II. National Reports