Legal aid and family law reform in Ireland.

Author(s)
Burley, Jenny
Keywords
Republic of Ireland, Oireachtas, Irish Constitution, Irish government, marriage, criminal matters, ban on divorce, ban on abortion, contraception, contraceptives, referendum, Catholic Church, conservative values, status of women, women's status, Legal Aid Board, post-colonial, postcolonial, social welfare, fees, courts, judiciary, civil jurisdiction, pro bono, Dublin, government funded, Pringle Committee Report, European Court of Civil Rights, Mrs Airey, Airey Case, welfare expenditure, funding, family law legislation, reform, Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, regional law centres, Law Society, advice, representation, marital breakdown, separation, stigma, census, economic prosperity, fault-based divorce, no-fault divorce, Free Legal Advice Centres, FLACs, "a mensa et thoro", annulled, annulment, nullity, tribunals, marital crisis, property, maintenance, custody, child, children, referenda, post-referendum, domestic violence, postdivorce, post-divorce, referendum defeat, Status of Children Act 1987,
Justice and Legal Studies (390300)
non-marital children, ex-nuptial, nonmarital, grounds for legal separation, Judicial Separation Act 1989, political strategy, cultural change, social change, European Union, EU, women's issues, family policy, individual rights, women's equality, economic dependency, women's powerlessness, Irish state, policies, equality, modern mixed economy, European parliament, social policy, social justice, fault grounds, clean break, de facto divorce, safety order, protection order, barring order, District Court, Circuit Court, court applications, demand, waiting list, lobby group, divorce campaign, divorce campaigners, Mags O'Brien, do-it-yourself divorce, community education, public legal education, economic insecurity, legal intervention, lawyers, solicitors, divorce culture, European Convention
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/450439
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http://hdl.handle.net/2328/775
Abstract
While Australia and the rest of the western world were restricting both funds and eligibility for civil legal aid during the 1990s, Ireland, whose civil legal aid is 97% devoted to family law matters, was expanding. At first glance, it might be supposed that the expansion of legal aid for family law matters in Ireland was a result of the introduction of legislation that for the first time allowed legal divorce in 1997. However, the reasons are more interesting and complex than this and need to be understood in terms of Ireland's history, politics and culture. Indeed, these factors combine to ensure that civil legal aid in Ireland is in a state of perpetual chaos.
Date
2000
Type
journal article
Identifier
oai:arrow.nla.gov.au:1246861234677109
Burley, Jenny 2000. Legal aid and family law reform in Ireland. 'Alternative Law Journal', vol.25, no.4, August, 169-172.
http://hdl.handle.net/2328/775
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