The Recognition of Civil Legal Aid as a Basic Human Right in U.S. States

• In Event: State and Sub-National Jurisprudence and Legal Policy

Brief Overview

This study addresses the proposition that U.S. state governments, unlike the federal government, are better positioned to adopt international human rights standards and provide indigents appointed counsel in civil cases.

Authors

• Lisa Hager, South Dakota State University

• Christopher Paul Banks, Kent State University at Kent