LOOKING FOR QUALITY: THE EMPIRICAL DEBATE IN ACCESS TO JUSTICE RESEARCH

Access to Justice remains one of the most contested issues on the law-and-society agenda.  There has been continuing conceptual debate over its meaning, its objectives, and its success.  Of late, attention has turned to efforts to measure the impact and efficacy of different initiatives aimed at imp...

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Main Author: Jennifer A Leitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2013-10-01
Series:The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
Online Access:https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4421
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description Access to Justice remains one of the most contested issues on the law-and-society agenda.  There has been continuing conceptual debate over its meaning, its objectives, and its success.  Of late, attention has turned to efforts to measure the impact and efficacy of different initiatives aimed at improving individuals’ access to justice.  Along with a broader turn toward empirical studies in law, there have been renewed efforts within the access to justice field to develop a more compelling and convincing methodology by which to assess and evaluate these different initiatives.
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spelling doaj.art-35809c20acce4eef8eb8be6b183b35b42023-09-02T14:54:08ZengUniversity of WindsorThe Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice2561-50172013-10-0131210.22329/wyaj.v31i2.4421LOOKING FOR QUALITY: THE EMPIRICAL DEBATE IN ACCESS TO JUSTICE RESEARCHJennifer A Leitch0York UniversityAccess to Justice remains one of the most contested issues on the law-and-society agenda.  There has been continuing conceptual debate over its meaning, its objectives, and its success.  Of late, attention has turned to efforts to measure the impact and efficacy of different initiatives aimed at improving individuals’ access to justice.  Along with a broader turn toward empirical studies in law, there have been renewed efforts within the access to justice field to develop a more compelling and convincing methodology by which to assess and evaluate these different initiatives.https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4421
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title_short LOOKING FOR QUALITY: THE EMPIRICAL DEBATE IN ACCESS TO JUSTICE RESEARCH
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