NEW YORK CITY — Following today's editorial in the New York Times, «Costly Contraceptives,» Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's leading reproductive health care advocate and provider, called on Congress to address the growing
problem of access to affordable birth control in America.
The problem of access to justice seems large and intractable.
The former SCC justice and students wholeheartedly agreed that
the problem of access to justice can only be dealt with meaningfully when stakeholders put their fear of change aside, begin to communicate with one another and commit to funding creative solutions.
This is an innovative idea, and which I support (subject to the regressiveness point noted above), but I submit that if the best solution the profession can come up with to
the problem of access to justice is to effectively say «here, work with a bunch of people who have no experience», then our general (lack of) standing in the eyes of the public is richly deserved.
More than just a buzzword, innovation is of paramount importance in the search for a solution to
the problem of access to justice.
Students will have gained an understanding of new career roles that are emerging with courts, non-profits, and legal service agencies that involve the application of technology to
the problem of access to the legal system.
This is
the problem of access to justice in Canada and we have not yet figured out which are the most appropriate tools to fix the problem.
While these problems are not the only cause of
the problem of access to justice in the United States, they constitute, in themselves, an often impregnable barrier.
The problem of access to justice is likely the result of a number of causes.
As Chief Justice McLachlin writes in the foreword to the Cromwell Report, «
the problem of access to justice is not a new one.
While
the problem of access to justice has more than one cause (and so must be addressed in more than one way), the cost of lawyers seems increasingly to be part of the problem.
«There are no easy solutions to the world's energy problems, particularly
the problem of access to and use of fossil fuels,» says Marsh, specialist at Virginia Tech, «But one of the simplest and most effective ways to address the issue is individual conservation.»
The problem of access to markets and the challenge of physical distribution are solved by digital technology.
The report from the Global Teacher Education Knowledge Mobilisation Summits, held in 2016/7 outlines a low cost «marginal gains» strategy and Knowledge Management system for the education sector to resolve
the problem of access to all, to the latest knowledge.
Sen. Michael Gianaris, D - Queens, said that while some of the bills put forward by Republicans are worthwhile, they don't address the fundamental
problem of access to semi-automatic weapons.
The WePower is moving ahead with the aim of eliminating the current
problems of accessing capital for renewable energy producers and access to investments in profitable projects for final consumers directly.
Problems of access apply in various measure to worthy and intelligent white, black, Asian, and other working - class or disadvantaged people.
Problems of access to various investment options (financial instruments) and ignorance about the available investment avenues can be attributed as the main reasons for this in - equilibrium.
«Past Disquiet» illustrates the tensions within «global» networks and
the problems of access and uneven authority that persist in contemporary art at large.
On this view, new ways of understanding and addressing
problems of access to justice appear.
Then I think there's kind of this parallel track of issues to unpack where there's a distinction between small firms that have built their business model around being able to help solve
problems of access, whether that's around unbundling their services or how they do their pricing, or giving away some free do it yourself content on the front end, whether that's also as part of their lead acquisition strategy or just as a service to people who need it, is I think separate from people who then volunteer their time in pro bono efforts, or people who donate their money to legal charitable causes.
And given
the problems of access to justice, which include the expense associated with pursuing claims, creating unnecessary hurdles to assessing liability is not something the Court ought to do.
This issue of LawNow looks at
problems of access to justice in some unique situations and settings.
Superimposed on this are the modern
problems of access to justice and a high - tech world in which more services are offered on line.
The costs and delays in this case are symptomatic of
the problems of access to justice.
I call it lazy because we can address
the problems of access to justice far more effectively if we apply our talents, energies and wisdom to doing so.
Kelly raises some real practical
problems of access, and I can do no better than quote from her questions:
The problems of access to justice are not solved by ABS; they ultimately are exacerbated.
Yet one would think that, unlike some of the more abstract problems (say that of public debt and the appropriate level of government spending) which might not affect anyone in particular (important though they are important for us collectively) and so attract few people's attention,
the problems of access to justice not only impact real people every single day, but may indeed affect anyone at some point in one's life, whether personal (say because of a divorce) or business.
But if more politicians were aware of how serious
the problems of access to justice are, they might just have been doing more about them.
This is topic for a book, not a blog, and, as my forearms are getting sore, I will end by saying again that
the problems of access to justice are found on the barrister side of the bar, but I fear that it is the solicitor side of the bar that will be made to suffer for it.
I'm simply suggesting that
the problems of access to justice may be addressed in better ways than just assuming if we increase law graduates the problem would resolve itself.
Unfortunately, the need for «rebooting» remains, as preventive interventions also face severe
problems of access, including limited time and limited resources (Tolan & Dodge, 2005).
The revolving door of nurses and Aboriginal Health Practitioners poses
problems of access and continuity for remote - living people, and is almost certainly affecting the bottom line of health outcomes.
Not exact matches
After a slow and steady recovery following the housing crisis
of 2008, Leibowitz explains that American consumers generally had fewer
problems with their mortgages, better employment prospects, and greater
access to credit, which made them less likely to file.
«The real
problem is not a lack
of access; it's a lack
of teachers.»
Because
of its ongoing supervisory relationships with the banks that provided settlement services to Drexel's subsidiaries and its knowledge
of the payment and settlement system's infrastructure, the Federal Reserve had the
access, contacts, and in - depth knowledge that enabled it to obtain the information it needed to evaluate this complex
problem and formulate a plan to address it.»
These
problems would be solved if Congress were to pass a law that gives all workers
access to choose their 401 (k) plan providers, regardless
of who their employer is.
But they should also try to get a better sense
of the scope
of the
problem with Facebook apps — they should ask Zuckerberg how many apps were created before 2014 (when Facebook's rules changed), what kind
of data they could
access, and how many users could have had their data misused by them.
The fact that you can
access it doesn't solve that fundamental
problem,» Fraser Howie, an independent analyst and the author
of several books on China's financial system, told CNBC's «Street Signs.»
Severe as these
problems are, they tend to affect the affluent portions
of the population, with
access to healthcare and the incomes to afford it.
According to Zuckerberg, the
problem is not that people don't have
access to the Internet (80 percent
of people, Zuckerberg said, live in an area with 2G or 3G coverage).
Bain & Company partner Norbert Hueltenschmidt told the BBC last year that China faces major health care issues with its aging population, environmental
problems, levels
of access to health care, and sedentary living — physical activity has dropped 45 % since 1990.
The sanctions have also accelerated «the
problems that PDVSA and Venezuela were already having at
accessing the international payments system» because
of issues like corruption and misdealing that had turned off banks and other business partners, according to Palacios.
On Twitter, some people said they were having
problems accessing the websites or mobile apps
of robo - advising firms, including Wealthfront and Betterment.
That way Zebrano can easily
access all
of the relevant information should Mariam or her husband ever have a
problem with their appliances — or even their TV remote.
Uber wants to solve that
problem by introducing a new kind
of aircraft (think: a plane - helicopter hybrid) that customers can
access using the app.
In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social
problems, ranging from building a corps
of community health workers in poor regions
of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack
access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.
Several
of the Canadian lender's U.S. clients have taken to Twitter to complain about
problems accessing their accounts online or on the mobile app, issues which surfaced late last week after TD rolled out a technical update.
«We are trying to solve the
problem of consumer
access to quality apparel and start a revolution in domestic manufacturing by building a scalable company,» he says.