Access to Justice, Health Inequalities and Poverty, livre ebook

• Based on a three-year socio-legal research project into legal advice resources in Liverpool;

• Offers a fresh perspective on access to justice, advocating for a more collaborative, community-based approach to rebuilding social citizenship.

After over a decade of unprecedented cuts, this important book examines the radical transformation of legal advice funding and delivery in the UK.

Using Liverpool as a case study, the authors analyse the impact of these changes on access to justice, social rights and health inequalities. The book draws on a five-year socio-legal research project to highlight the critical role of local advice networks and co-located services in addressing poverty, and wider inequalities. Offering a fresh perspective on access to justice, it advocates for a more collaborative community-based approach to rebuilding social citizenship.

Foreword by Matthew Ashton

1. Everyday Law in an Unequal Society

2. Access to (Social) Justice and Everyday Legal Problems

3. Bridging the Inequalities Gap: Addressing Poverty for Better Health

4. Research in Action

5. Liverpool’s Advice Ecosystem

6. Legal Advice and the Co-location of Services

7. A Systems Level Approach

8. The Role of Trust, Effective Participation and Everyday Legal Problems in Social Citizenship

9. No Wrong Door; Advice for All