Legal Aid in England: Stellingen om over na te denken
Ik vond deze in een stuk over het belang van rechtsbijstand in een Britse krant (http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/may/01/life-after-legal-aid?CMP=twt_gu).
Daar is deze week het mes gezet in toevoegingen. Maar deze stellingen
zijn wat mij betreft zaaksoverstijgend en geven precies de knelpunten
weer die ook wij bij /als de juridisch professionals tegenkomen.
1) Not-for-profit organisations should be clear about their main aim: to provide services to those denied access to justice by the lack of legal aid. They should make it clear that any ABS they have created is independent of their free provision, and they are not speculatively exploring new markets at the expense of their neediest clients
2) The 'for profit' legal profession should recognise that while lawyers have no equivalent of doctors' Hippocratic Oath, the law is more than simply a tool or trade: it is a glue that binds society. A proactive commitment, in one form or another, to make sure everyone is able to take their place within society is an essential part of being a lawyer
3) Clients' needs are not just a potential source of revenue. They arise from the human condition
4) Resolving legal problems at an early stage is vital, and properly funded legal advice can enable this to happen
5) Nonetheless, it is not the job of the legal profession to resolve all the iniquities involved in access to justice. You do not blame plumbers for winter. Society as a whole is responsible for improving the lot of its citizens through both access to justice and education about rights and responsibilities.
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1) Not-for-profit organisations should be clear about their main aim: to provide services to those denied access to justice by the lack of legal aid. They should make it clear that any ABS they have created is independent of their free provision, and they are not speculatively exploring new markets at the expense of their neediest clients
2) The 'for profit' legal profession should recognise that while lawyers have no equivalent of doctors' Hippocratic Oath, the law is more than simply a tool or trade: it is a glue that binds society. A proactive commitment, in one form or another, to make sure everyone is able to take their place within society is an essential part of being a lawyer
3) Clients' needs are not just a potential source of revenue. They arise from the human condition
4) Resolving legal problems at an early stage is vital, and properly funded legal advice can enable this to happen
5) Nonetheless, it is not the job of the legal profession to resolve all the iniquities involved in access to justice. You do not blame plumbers for winter. Society as a whole is responsible for improving the lot of its citizens through both access to justice and education about rights and responsibilities.
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