Litigants in Person in the Civil Justice System by Kate Leader - ISBN: 9781509948321
Hardcover
Untold stories: Self-represented litigants, fairness, and reforming civil justice.

Litigants in Person in the Civil Justice System

In Their Own Words

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  • Hardcover

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    18 April 2024

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Summary

Why do people represent themselves?

What works and what doesn’t for self-represented parties?

And how can we improve Litigant in Person (LiP) experiences to make the civil justice system fairer?

Based on in-depth interviews with individuals who have acted as Litigants in Person in the civil courts, the book provides the first full-length account of LiP experiences. The author shines a light on how much we don’t know about LiPs, the civil justice system…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781509948321
ISBN-10:1509948325
Author:Kate Leader
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Hart Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:18 April 2024
Weight:444g
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Critics Review

Providing an insight into the civil justice system, its strengths, faults and peculiarities, through the lens of people trying to advocate their rights in the system, is so novel, yet so worthy … I strongly recommend this book. * Cambridge Law Journal *

About The Author

Kate Leader

Kate Leader is Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

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