Poverty Law and Social Change
The Story of the Fitzroy Legal Service
$73.35
- Paperback
1 pages
- Release Date
30 September 1992
Summary
‘Law for the Poor’ and ‘Lawyers for the People’ declared the headlines that announced the opening of the Fitzroy Legal Service in December 1972. In a dingy town-hall basement in one of the poorest suburbs of Melbourne, this new legal service set out to do the unthinkable- to provide free legal advice to all comers.
Almost a quarter of a century later, under an equally radical Liberal government, the Fitzroy Legal Service has found itself cast in the unlikely role of a defender of the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522847390 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522847390 |
| Author: | John Chesterman |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 September 1992 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
John Chesterman
Dr John Chesterman is a graduate in Law and Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Centre for Public Policy. He has been a volunteer lawyer at the Fitzroy Legal Service since 1989 and has served on its management committee for five years. He is the author of journal articles in the Australian Journal of Legal History and Law in Context.
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