Free Legal Advice That

helps

Lawyers are expensive, and for millions of low-income people across the United States,
nonprofits like Greater Boston Legal Services offer the best-perhaps the only-chance at
professional help. Staffed by civic-minded attorneys and paid for with public money and
private donations, these organizations represent our societys primary mechanism for
making sure that when it comes to civil proceedings, all people, including the very poor, are
treated equally before the law.
For decades, it has been an article of faith among those who have devoted their lives to the
cause of legal aid that if only the system had more funding, it could do more good and help
more people. But lately, a difficult new question is being asked of the legal services
community.

Community legal advice and

services
Community Legal Advice is a free and confidential advice service paid for by
legal aid. They have been helping people deal with their legal problems since
2004. They help some of the most vulnerable people in society tackle their
problems - those who are on low incomes or benefits.
The Ministry of Justice funds community law centers to provide legal services to
their communities that include:
Legal information and education,
Legal advice, assistance and representation -- particularly for people who can't
afford to pay for legal services.
If people are not eligible for legal aid, Community Legal Advice can still find ways
to help by putting them in touch with the right agency or advice organization.
Most centers employ lawyers and paralegals or community workers. Some also
have volunteer lawyers and law students.
Most operate outreach services or clinics to provide services in small
communities. Some have 0800 numbers and/or have websites. All can be
contacted by phone. You can contact your local community law centre directly to
make an enquiry or arrange an appointment.

Law Enforcement

An officer detains an active parolee gang member for questioning, and during the detention, the
grabbing into his shorts pocket. The suspect yells out to the officer that he is armed and will shoot
the officer. The officer tackles the suspect, there is a violent struggle for the weapon, and the
officer shoots and kills the suspect.
An officer attempts to affect an enforcement stop on a motorist for a hit and run accident. The
driver fails to yield and stop at the first available opportunity, drives to a park and then suddenly
foot bails into the park. The lone officer chases after the suspect into the park where the officer is
subsequently shot and killed.
Foot pursuits by their very nature are highly emotionally charged and dangerous events that occur
frequently in police work. Police officers must balance their obligation to enforce laws and arrest
perpetrators with their personal safety. Unfortunately, this rarely happens.
Officers need to remember that at the same time that they are catching up to the suspect, they
are also reducing the "reactionary gap" between themselves and the suspect. Reactionary gap is
the distance between the officer and suspect, compared to the officer's ability to defensively react
to something the suspect might do to them. Shorten the distance and the officer shortens his/her
reaction time. This is almost always dangerous for the officer.

How law protects dignity

Abstract One way in which law protects dignity is by enforcing human rights provisions that explicitly
prohibit degradation. But, as Lon Fuller and others have observed, law's connection with dignity is
also deeper and more pervasive than this. In the way that its requirements are presented, in its
procedures, in its sponsorship of argumentation, in treating people as equals, even in the distinctive
way in which it makes use of coercion, law treats humans as dignified agents, capable of self-control,
with a good sense of their own interests, and an ability to respond intelligently to its demands.
The politics of human rights:
Part I. Human rights and states responsibilities. The concept of human rights -- State
responsibilities -- Rights with responsibilities.
Part II. Empirical representation and explanations of human rights violations. Where are human
rights violated? -- Why are human rights violated? An examination of personal integrity rights.
Part III. Intervening and rebuilding in the wake of repression. Intervening to protect human rights -Rebuilding society in the aftermath of repression -- Towards the future.
"Human rights are an important issue in contemporary politics, and the last few decades have seen
a remarkable increase in research and teaching on the subject. This book introduces students to the
study of human rights and aims to build on their interest while simultaneously offering an alternative
vision of the subject. Many texts focus on the theoretical and legal issues surrounding human rights.
This book adopts a substantially different approach which uses empirical data derived from research
on human rights by political scientists to illustrate the occurrence of different types of human rights
violations across the world. The authors devote attention to rights as responsibilities as well as to