Book contents
- Legal Informatics
- Legal Informatics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction to Legal Informatics
- Part II Legal Informatics
- Part III Use Cases in Legal Informatics
- A. Contracts and Patents
- B. Litigation and E-discovery
- C. Legal Research, Government Data, and Access to Legal Information
- D. Dispute Resolution and Access to Justice
- 3.12 Online Dispute Resolution
- 3.13 Access to Justice and Technology
- 3.14 Designing Legal Experiences
- Part IV Legal Informatics in the Industrial Context
3.13 - Access to Justice and Technology
Reaching a Greater Future for Legal Aid
from D. - Dispute Resolution and Access to Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2021
- Legal Informatics
- Legal Informatics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction to Legal Informatics
- Part II Legal Informatics
- Part III Use Cases in Legal Informatics
- A. Contracts and Patents
- B. Litigation and E-discovery
- C. Legal Research, Government Data, and Access to Legal Information
- D. Dispute Resolution and Access to Justice
- 3.12 Online Dispute Resolution
- 3.13 Access to Justice and Technology
- 3.14 Designing Legal Experiences
- Part IV Legal Informatics in the Industrial Context
Summary
The justice system in the USA is modeled on that of the UK: The rule base is made up of common law derived from cases and statutes. The US system differs, though, because it is controlled by a written Constitution that sets out the operation of the courts and controls some of the core relationships between people and government. In all serious criminal cases where the government is the plaintiff, the accused are generally entitled by the Constitution to free representation by appointed lawyers. However, there is no corresponding constitutional right to representation by lawyers in civil cases.
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- Legal Informatics , pp. 416 - 429Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021