Pro Bono Is Pro, Low Bono is Low: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Lawyers’ Legal Aid Participation

Hsu, Ching-Fang; Chiang, Kan-Hsueh

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“…In 2019, 4,352 attorneys applied to become LAF legal aid attorneys out of a total of approximately seven thousand lawyers nationwide (LAF 2019, 41). Many of these private attorneys are solo practitioners or lawyers in small law firms (Hsu, Chiang, and Chang 2020, 7). Lawyers reported to me that they took on Indigenous cases for a variety of reasons: to perform a public service, to ensure a regular workflow, to explore a different practice area, or due to personal interest in the issues.…”

Section: Economics: Altruism Competition and Expertisementioning

confidence: 99%

From Thin to Thick Justice and Beyond: Access to Justice and Legal Pluralism in Indigenous Taiwan

Upton¹

2021

Law Soc. Inq.

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In recent decades, the Taiwan judiciary has taken steps toward securing Indigenous people’s access to the justice system. These measures reflect a vision of access to justice framed narrowly on national courts and legal actors through the provision of free legal counsel, courtroom interpreters, and special court units dedicated to Indigenous people. These measures embrace a thin understanding of access to justice that overlooks important hurdles to both seeking and providing such access to Indigenous people. This article considers some of the key challenges of Indigenous people’s access to justice in Taiwan and the role of the judiciary in both perpetuating and addressing those challenges. It argues for a thicker understanding of access to justice that addresses the circumstances of contemporary Indigenous life and confronts the entrenchment of colonialism in the state framework. Field research in eastern Taiwan shows how aspects of normativity, spatiality, economics, order, language, and institutions, ensconced in a legal framework that reinforces an unequal power relationship between the state and Indigenous people, have shaped the character of access to the justice system and, in turn, continue to operate as obstacles to meaningful access to justice for Taiwan’s Indigenous people.

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Section: Economics: Altruism Competition and Expertisementioning

confidence: 99%

From Thin to Thick Justice and Beyond: Access to Justice and Legal Pluralism in Indigenous Taiwan

Upton¹

2021

Law Soc. Inq.

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Pro Bono Is Pro, Low Bono is Low: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Lawyers’ Legal Aid Participation

Cited by 1 publication

References 16 publications

From Thin to Thick Justice and Beyond: Access to Justice and Legal Pluralism in Indigenous Taiwan

From Thin to Thick Justice and Beyond: Access to Justice and Legal Pluralism in Indigenous Taiwan

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