It's an idea that does a great job of supporting their primary goal to «
promote Free Access to Law and Open Justice in Africa» and it facilitates the development of other Legal Information Institutes in Africa.
AfricanLII's main goal is to
promote free access to law and open justice in Africa.
Not exact matches
«This is obviously a step forward,» says Michael Lissner, executive director of the
Free Law Project, a Berkeley, California - based nonprofit that
promotes better public
access to legal materials online.
The Declaration on
Free Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other part
Free Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other parti
Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing
access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to this information
promotes justice and the rule of
law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other parti
law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible
to all on a non-profit basis and
free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other part
free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right
to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide
access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to it so that it can be published by other parties.
As just a brief sampling, in «The Cost of
Law:
Promoting Access to Justice through the (Un) Corporate Practice of
Law» [2] and «Life in the
Law - Thick World: The Legal Resource Landscape for Ordinary Americans» [3](with Jaime Heine), Hadfield uses empirical evidence
to demonstrate that there can never be enough pro bono (
free) legal work or enough money for legal aid that could even come close
to satisfying the huge unmet need for legal services in the US.
The Statement, that
promotes the principles of open
access in legal scholarly publishing in Canada and free access to legal information in society, follows the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship adopted by the law libraries of major American universities in late
access in legal scholarly publishing in Canada and
free access to legal information in society, follows the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship adopted by the law libraries of major American universities in late
access to legal information in society, follows the Durham Statement on Open
Access to Legal Scholarship adopted by the law libraries of major American universities in late
Access to Legal Scholarship adopted by the
law libraries of major American universities in late 2008.
What's especially noteworthy about
Free the Law, though, and what distinguishes it from other preservation initiatives, is that it provides for the preservation of historical legal materials in connection with free, public access to them, on the conviction that access to legal information promotes access to just
Free the
Law, though, and what distinguishes it from other preservation initiatives, is that it provides for the preservation of historical legal materials in connection with
free, public access to them, on the conviction that access to legal information promotes access to just
free, public
access to them, on the conviction that
access to legal information
promotes access to justice.
Among other things, they support centres that help citizens get
access to their health records, they
promote free broadband
access, they work
to improve citizens» technological skills — and they try
to make relevant
laws easier
to understand.
Pro Bono
Law Alberta (PBLA) is a non-profit organization that seeks
to promote access to justice in Alberta by creating and
promoting opportunities for lawyers
to provide
free legal services
to persons with limited means.
The purpose of GOALI is
to «provide
free or very low cost online
access to legal information and academic research
to governments, universities and non-profit institutions in developing countries
to promote access to justice and the rule of
law.»
He
promoted the use of online legal research by providing
free access to Quicklaw
to law professors,
law students, and the judiciary, in the expectation that students would become paying subscribers
to Quicklaw when they started
to practice
law.