Access to Information, Technology, and Justice (eBook)

A Critical Intersection

Ursula Gorham (Autor)

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2017
166 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7031-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Drawing upon the ongoing collaborative efforts of legal aid organizations, libraries, and non-profit organizations, Access to Information, Technology, and Justice: A Critical Intersection provides a framework for removing barriers to equitable access to legal information, with the ultimate goal of encouraging continued discussion and action.

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Over the past fifteen years, the dramatic increase of online self-help legal re-sources, information, and tools specifically developed for use by low-income individuals without legal counsel has been promoted as one way to help those individuals who are caught in this ';justice gap.' Unfortunately, however, opportunities arising from the Internet and related information and communication technologies do not accrue to everyone equally as physical, intellectual, and social barriers to information persist. Access to Information, Technology, and Justice: A Critical Intersection, as the first ever book length examination of the use of technology to expand access to justice in the United States, highlights an emerging paradox wherein the technological transformation that has created an increasing array of legal self-help resources and services is also creating barriers to access for disadvantaged individuals. Those who cannot read, those who do not speak the English language, those who are unfamiliar with the law, and those with limited digital literacy skills all find themselves at a fundamental disadvantage. The legal community has only begun to examine whether these resources and services are, in fact, meeting the needs of struggling self-help users. This book builds upon existing work in this area by undertaking an in-depth exploration of how information and communication technologies are changing and failing to change the legal in-formation landscape for those who most need this information. Drawing upon the ongoing collaborative efforts of legal aid organizations, libraries, courts, and non-profit organizations, this book provides a framework for removing barriers to equitable access to legal information, with the ultimate goal of encouraging continued discussion and action.

Autor

Ursula Gorham, Ph.D., J.D., is a Lecturer in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. She is admitted to practice law in Maryland and previously served as a law clerk in Maryland appellate and federal bankruptcy courts.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: The Emergence of the Justice GapChapter 2: Self-Help in the Legal ContextChapter 3: The Expanding Role of Technology in Legal Self-HelpChapter 4: Overview of Statewide Legal Information WebsitesChapter 5: Opening up the “Black Box” of Statewide Legal Information WebsitesChapter 6: Collaboration in the Realm of Access to JusticeChapter 7: Recommendations for Policy and PracticeAppendix A: List of Statewide Legal Information WebsitesAppendix B: Survey QuestionsAppendix C: State Profiles

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: criminal justice • History • justice gap • legal assistance • legal counsel • legal information • legal resources • libraries • Library Services • low-income • Nonprofits • open access • poor patrons • scholarly • Social Inequality • Social Justice
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7031-4 / 1442270314
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7031-2 / 9781442270312