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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the differences and similarities between civil legal aid schemes in the Nordic countries whilst outlining recent legal aid transformations in their respective welfare states. Based on in-depth studies of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland, the authors compare these cases with legal aid in Europe and the US to examine whether a single, unique Nordic model exists. Contextualizing Nordic legal aid in relation to welfare ideology and human rights, Hammerslev and Halvorsen Rønning consider whether flaws in the welfare state exist, and how legal aid affects disadvantaged citizens.  Concluding that the five countries all have very different legal aid schemes, the authors explore an important general trend: welfare states increasingly outsourcing legal aid to the market and the third sector through both membership organizations and smaller voluntary organizations. A methodical and compassionate text, this book will be of special interest to scholars and students of the criminal justice, the welfare state, and the legal aid system.

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Author:   Olaf Halvorsen Rønning ,  Ole Hammerslev
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.465kg
ISBN:  

9783319835617

ISBN 10:   3319835610
Pages:   341
Publication Date:   04 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Legal Aid in the Nordic Countries; Ole Hammerslev & Olaf Halvorsen Ronning.2. Legal Aid in Norway; Olaf Halvorsen Ronning.3. Legal Aid in Sweden; Isabel Schoultz.4. Legal Aid in Finland; Antti Rissanen.5. Legal Aid in Denmark;Bettina Lemann Kristiansen.6. Legal Aid in Civil Cases in Iceland: A Charity, Right or Individual Responsibility?; Hildur Fjola Antonsdottir.7. JussBuss [Legal Bus]: a Student-run Legal Aid Clinic; Ole Hammerslev, Annette Olesen & Olaf Halvorsen Ronning. 8. Gadejuristen [The Street Lawyers]: Offering Legal Aid to Socially Marginalized People; Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen & Ole Hammerslev. 9. Exprisoners' Need for Legal Aid in Denmark; Annette Olesen.10. Nordic Legal Aid and 'Access to Justice' in Human Rights. A European Perspective;Jon T. Johnsen.11. Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education in Europe and the United States: Are they Compatible?; Richard J. Wilson.12. Juridification, Marginalized Persons and Competence to Mobilize the Law; Knut Papendorf.13. Outsourcing Legal Aid in the Nordic Welfare States; Ole Hammerslev & Olaf Halvorsen Ronning

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Ole Hammerslev is Professor at University of Southern Denmark and Professor II at the University of Oslo, Norway.  Olaf Halvorsen Rønning is a PhD student at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo. 

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