The federal Legal Services Program (later, Corporation) was established in 1964 to serve a vast group of Americans desperately in need of legal counselthe poor. Rationing Justice looks at this pioneering programs effect on the Deep South as the poor made tangible gains in cases involving federal, state, and local social programs, low-income housing, consumer rights, domestic relations, and civil rights. While poverty lawyers did not by themselves create a legal revolution in the South, they did force southern politicians, ...
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The federal Legal Services Program (later, Corporation) was established in 1964 to serve a vast group of Americans desperately in need of legal counselthe poor. Rationing Justice looks at this pioneering programs effect on the Deep South as the poor made tangible gains in cases involving federal, state, and local social programs, low-income housing, consumer rights, domestic relations, and civil rights. While poverty lawyers did not by themselves create a legal revolution in the South, they did force southern politicians, policy makers, businessmen, and law enforcement officials to recognize that they could not ignore the legal rights of low-income citizens. Having survived for four decades, Americas legal services program has adapted to ever-changing political realities, including slashed budgets and severe restrictions on poverty law practice adopted by the Republican-led Congress of the mid-1990s. With its account of the relationship of poverty lawyers and their clients, and their interaction with legal, political, and social structures, Rationing Justice speaks poignantly to justice for all in America.
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 0807132071. Signed by the author on the title page. Light rubbing, a few bumps and tiny edge stains. Jacket with the same and a few small creases. Photo on request.; Making The Modern South; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 396 pages; Signed by Author.
