7 The Costs of Justice in Domestic Violence Cases

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Abbreviations xx
7. Introduction 3
8. Understanding the Access to Justice Crisis
9. Prices, Costs, and Access to Justice 25
10. Measuring Justice System Performance in Quebec and Canada 41
11. Public Spending on Access to Justice 69
12. Experiencing Everyday Legal Problems
13. The Monetary Costs of Everyday Legal Problems and Expanding Access to Justice 93
14. How Ontarians Experience the Law 110
15. Truth, Reconciliation, and the Cost of Adversarial Justice 130
16. The Costs of Justice in Domestic Violence Cases 149
17. Legal Services and Paths to Justice
18. Paralegals and Access to Justice for Tenants 173
19. Court-Ordered Family Legal Information Sessions in Ontario 192
20. The Value of Class Actions 205
21. Social Enterprise, Social Innovation, and Access to Justice 226
22. The Legal Profession and Meaningful Access to Justice
23. Legal Culture as the Key to Affordable Access 247
24. Legal Fee Regimes and the Cost of Civil Justice 267
25. Assessing Client Interests and Process Costs in a Litigation Risk Analysis 287
26. Regulating Contingency Fees 304
27. Contributors 323
28. Index 331