by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Stacy Brustin and Lisa Martin Volume 67, Issue 5, 1265-98 Parents in family court overwhelmingly proceed pro se; however, in child support courtrooms, government attorneys representing the state child support agency frequently play a pivotal role. These attorneys...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Elizabeth L. MacDowell Volume 67, Issue 5, 1299-330 This Article reports findings from an ethnographic study of self-help programs in two western states. The study investigated how self-help assistance provided by partnerships between courts and nongovernmental...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Ben Barton Volume 67, Issue 5, 1331-66 America’s access to justice woes are paradoxical. We have more lawyers than every country except India and more lawyers per capita than every country except for Israel. We spend more on law as an absolute amount or as a...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Colleen F. Shanahan, Anna E. Carpenter, and Alyx Mark Volume 67, Issue 5, 1367-88 Access to justice interventions that provide a little representation, including nonlawyer representation and various forms of limited legal services, may be valuable solutions for low-...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Marsha M. Mansfield Volume 67, Issue 5, 1389-426 As thousands of litigants access our court systems without lawyers, the debate whether these litigants receive procedural and substantive justice has intensified. Nationwide, eighty percent of those accessing the court...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Mary Spector and Ann Baddour Volume 67, Issue 5, 1427-67 As many as forty-four percent of Texans with credit files have nonmortgage debt in collection; this is more than ten percent above the national average. The Authors provide a snapshot of collection practices...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | Jun 19, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 5
Rebecca L. Sandefur and Thomas M. Clarke Volume 67, Issue 5, 1467-92 Most of the civil justice problems Americans experience never receive service from an attorney. Indeed, daily around the country, thousands of people arrive at court not only without a lawyer to...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 7, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 4
Kate E. Bloch and Jeffrey Gould Volume 67, Issue 4, 913-56 Insanity law in the United States embodies a convoluted collection of often ill-defined standards. The wrongfulness test, which is used in most U.S. jurisdictions, requires a determination of whether the...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 7, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 4
Netta Barak-Corren Volume 67, Issue 4, 957-1022 What role should the behavioral reality of conflicts regarding gender, sexuality, and religious convictions play in the theory and doctrine of antidiscrimination law? Although the past several decades have seen...
by technology@hastingslawjournal.org | May 7, 2016 | Volume 67, Issue 4
Sarah Sherman-Stokes Volume 67, Issue 4, 1023-66 In this Article, I examine the current regime for making mental competency determinations of mentally ill and incompetent noncitizen respondents in immigration court. In its present iteration, mental competency...
