Poverty and the Law

Peter Robson, Asbjorn Kjønstad, Peter Robson, Asbjorn Kjønstad

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9781841131917
• eBook ISBN: 9781847313171
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Jurisprudence
• Index: Law

This collection of essays focuses attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty. They illustrate the distinct dimensions of poverty in a range of different political and cultural settings and also show how poverty is exacerbated by quite discrete local cultural factors in some instances. There is, nonetheless a universal element which runs through all the contributions. The fate of those who are disadvantaged in society depends crucially on their access to goods through the world of work. Thus gender, ethnic background or disability can result in individuals having a much higher chance of experiencing poverty than those outwith these groups and the success of these groups in achieving a measure of prosperity is bound up with a multiplicity of geographical and political factors. This book is part of the Oñati International Series in Law and Society.

Table of contents

• Half Title Page
• Half Title verso
• Title Page
• Title verso
• Series Editor's Foreword
• Contents
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Introduction: Poverty and the Law
• Introduction
• The Experience of Poverty
• Strategies to Confront Poverty
• Access to Justice for the Poor
• Overviews
• Appendix
• Index