Global pro bono : causes, context, and contestation / edited by Scott L. Cummings, Fabio De Sa E Silva, Louise G. Trubek.

"The principle and practice of pro bono-volunteer legal services for poor and other marginalized groups-is an increasingly important feature of justice systems around the world.1 A quarter century ago, pro bono was an ancillary part of the U.S. system and virtually nonexistent as an institution...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors: Cummings, Scott L., 1969- (Editor), Silva, Fabio De Sa E, 1980- (Editor), Trubek, Louise G. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Table of Contents:
  • What Is Global About Pro Bono / Scott L. Cummings, Fabio de Sa e Silva & Louise G. Trubek
  • Rationalizing Pro Bono: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Reinvention of Legal Professionalism in Elite American Law / John Bliss & Steven A. Boutcher
  • Pro Bono Legal Work in Canada / Robert Granfield & Fiona Kay
  • Two Tales of One Brazilian City : Individual Pro Bono Cases in São Paulo Corporate Law Firms / Fabio de Sa e Silva
  • The Mandarins of Law : Pro Bono Legal Work in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia /
  • Daniel Bonilla Maldonado
  • Le Pro Bono : The Development of Pro Bono Practice in Europe / Edwin Rekosh & Lamin Khadar
  • An explosion of legal philanthropy? : The transformation of pro bono legal services in England and Wales / Andrew Boon & Avis Whyte
  • No Attorneys Without Generosity : Why Do Lawyers Practice Pro Bono? : A French Perspective / Louis Assier-Andrieu & Jeremy Perelman
  • Narrowing the Justice Gap : Clearinghouses for Spain / Clearinghouses for Spain Clearinghouses for Spain Clearinghouses for Spain / Leire Larracoechea San Sebastián, Michelle Ha & S. Todd Crider
  • Pro Bono in Portugal / Susana Santos
  • Lawyers' Pro Bono Work in Denmark / Annette Olesen & Ole Hammerslev
  • The Tripartite Effect of Pro Bono : Contemplating the Australian Experience / Fiona McLeay & Lucy Adams
  • Pro Bono in South Africa / Thabang Pooe, Alice Brown & Jonathan Klaaren
  • The Evolution of Pro Bono Legal Services in Nigeria / Jayanth K. Krishnan & Kunle Ajagbe
  • The Evolving Contours of Private Pro Bono Practice in India : Local and Global Contexts / Arpita Gupta
  • Pro Bono in Singapore / Helena Whalen-Bridge & Robert Granfield
  • The Rise of Private Public Interest Lawyers in China / Jin Dong & Qian Cheng.