Middle Income Access to Justice

The editors (professors of law at the U. of Toronto and York U., Canada) present a multidisciplinary collection of papers that consider the question of civil access to justice in Canada for middle income earners, i.e., those who are disqualified from legal aid but don't command the resources to cover the costs of litigation. Papers have been selected to provide a particular emphasis on those areas of greatest unmet legal need: family law, consumer law, and employment law. They address both the boundaries of the problem and proposed solutions, including non-lawyer forms of assistance, improved access to lawyers, reforming the dispute resolution process, and public legal expenses insurance. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)