Felice Batlan

Women and Justice for the Poor

A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book details the history of the origins and development of free legal aid for the poor in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781107446410
• ISBN-10: 1107446414
• Artikelnr.: 42017243

Autorenporträt

Felice Batlan is Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law. Her groundbreaking work, which explores interactions between law, gender, history, and the legal profession, has appeared in numerous law reviews, history journals, and anthologies. She is a book review editor for Law and History Review and was an associate editor of the Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court and Continuity and Change. She has served as an New York University Golieb Fellow, a Hurst Fellow, a Freehling Fellow, and received the CCWH/Berkshire Women's History Dissertation Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. A Female Dominion of Legal Aid, 1863-1910: 1. The origins of legal aid
2. The Chicago experience: the maturation of women's legal aid
Part II. The Professionalization of Legal Aid, 1890-1921: 3. Of immigrants, sailors, and servants: the Legal Aid Society of New York
4. Reinventing legal aid
Part III. Dialogues: Lawyers and Social Workers, 1921-45: 5. Constellations of justice
6. Compromises
Conclusion.