ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

The purpose of this article is to provide an analysis on the use of Small Claims Courts as a mechanism to improve access to justice in order to support the ongoing reform movement in Latin-American countries in civil matters. In this region, this essential information is intended to be used by polic...

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Autor principal: Lillo,Ricardo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Derecho 2016
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Access to justice
Small Claims Courts
empirical research
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-343720160003000082017-04-18ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIALillo,Ricardo Access to justice Small Claims Courts empirical research The purpose of this article is to provide an analysis on the use of Small Claims Courts as a mechanism to improve access to justice in order to support the ongoing reform movement in Latin-American countries in civil matters. In this region, this essential information is intended to be used by policymakers to help judiciaries to confront several barriers that currently face common citizens: lack of information, high economic cost of the judicial process and obtaining legal representation, corruption, extreme formalism, delays, and even the geographical location of the courts. The experience on the implementation of the Small Claims Courts in the United States, with the modifications made during the 60' and the 70's as a result of the consumers' movement, may contribute to the discussion in countries where is too much to be done in providing access to justice to groups of populations traditionally excluded, at least in many civil matters. With this purpose, the author have made an empirical research at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse of the Los Angeles Superior Court finding that even when some reforms could improve the system, with the proper incentives and with restrictions for corporate plaintiffs to avoid systemic abuse, this mechanism can become the people's court.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de DerechoRevista chilena de derecho v.43 n.3 20162016-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-34372016000300008en10.4067/S0718-34372016000300008
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Small Claims Courts
empirical research
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Small Claims Courts
empirical research
Lillo,Ricardo
ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
description The purpose of this article is to provide an analysis on the use of Small Claims Courts as a mechanism to improve access to justice in order to support the ongoing reform movement in Latin-American countries in civil matters. In this region, this essential information is intended to be used by policymakers to help judiciaries to confront several barriers that currently face common citizens: lack of information, high economic cost of the judicial process and obtaining legal representation, corruption, extreme formalism, delays, and even the geographical location of the courts. The experience on the implementation of the Small Claims Courts in the United States, with the modifications made during the 60' and the 70's as a result of the consumers' movement, may contribute to the discussion in countries where is too much to be done in providing access to justice to groups of populations traditionally excluded, at least in many civil matters. With this purpose, the author have made an empirical research at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse of the Los Angeles Superior Court finding that even when some reforms could improve the system, with the proper incentives and with restrictions for corporate plaintiffs to avoid systemic abuse, this mechanism can become the people's court.
author Lillo,Ricardo
author_facet Lillo,Ricardo
author_sort Lillo,Ricardo
title ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
title_short ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
title_full ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
title_fullStr ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
title_full_unstemmed ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND SMALL CLAIMS COURTS: SUPPORTING LATIN AMERICAN CIVIL REFORMS THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
title_sort access to justice and small claims courts: supporting latin american civil reforms through empirical research in los angeles county, california
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Derecho
publishDate 2016
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