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European Small Claims Procedure – normative and positive dualism in access to...
In 2009 the European Small Claims procedure was established by Regulation 861/2007. Easier and cheap access to justice for consumers and other parties in civil and commercial trans-border transactions...
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In Malaysia a mobile app will help people prepare legal documents
Malaysian law firm Bon Advocates prepares to develop mobile app for legal documents. It aims to help the users with basic documents such as sales and purchase agreements, wills, divorce petitions and...
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In Ethiopia administrative grievances pose challenge to people’s access to...
Ethiopia has a population of almost 90 million people and spans over a vast territory in Eastern Africa. Although being one of the poorest countries in the world Ethiopia aspires to reform its legal...
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Are disputes between neighbors the link between access to justice and heart...
Heart diseases are the single biggest killer in the developed world. Many factors (life style, diet, genes, race/ethnicity, gender etc.) contribute to it. A bit surprisingly the quality of the...
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UN Rapporteur criticizes Portugal over worsening access to justice
Recent report (original only in Portugese) of the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers warns about worsening access to justice situation in the country. Three problem areas...
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What does Big Data mean for Civil Justice?
Can Big Data radically transform justice? Most likely not. At least we cannot expect a radical revolution. First, justice happens in many rooms – court rooms, living rooms, administrative offices,...
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Use of video to disseminate targeted and easy to understand legal information
The Law Society of Scotland published a short video which provides easy to understand information about the role of the solicitor in the conveyancing process. It is a good example for effective use of...
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Market-based view on privacy and big data
A recently published paper – “Separation, Pooling, and Predictive Privacy Harms from Big Data: Confusing Benefits for Costs”, looks at the right to privacy from the perspective of market efficiency....
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Nepalese legal aid lawyers recognized as important for democracy, rule of...
At the end of 2016 the president of Nepal, Bidya Devi Bhandari, as well as the prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, attended a conference dedicated to the work of the country’s legal aid lawyers. The...
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Where is the human rights movement heading to?
My good friend, Ed Rekosh of Cardozo Law School recently published a thoughtful and timely article on the current trends in the human rights world. His main interest is the declining business model of...
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