Small Claims Court has a long history in debt collection and a popular image as the “People’s Court.” This article examines a little known emerging function as a forum where pressing social issues are given voice and social policy is implemented on the grassroots level. The Ontario Small Claims Court is a recent recipient of this social policy mandate. Over the past fifteen years, the Ontario Legislature and Court of Appeal have directly or indirectly given the Small Claims Court new responsibility for implementing modern social policy in the areas of child supervision, discrimination, and privacy. This article examines the scope of the new responsibility and considers some of the challenges faced in adapting this simplified process to the ...
The author examines, in some detail, the current operations of the Nova Scotia Small Claims Court to...
This article seeks to explore some of the implications of integrating information and communications...
There is a great deal of civil litigation in Urban areas and courts are unable to deal efficiently a...
Small Claims Court has a long history in debt collection and a popular image as the “People’s Court....
Small claims courts have traditionally been seen as a valuable institutional innovation for facilita...
The development of informal methods of adjudicating small claims has been one of the most widespread...
Small claims courts have been in operation in the United States for over sixty years. They were esta...
This Article presents empirical data on the operation of the small claims court in the city of Denve...
Nova Scotia is one of only three Canadian provinces without a small claims court.\u27 The rationale ...
Lack of access to justice affects not only the poor, but also working-class and middle-income indivi...
Abstract: The paper investigates litigation as a strategy to advance the social rights of marginali...
Do higher small claims court monetary limits expand access to “simplified” justice or do they erode ...
Every American should enjoy full access to the protections offered by the U.S. civil justice system....
This article examines the development and current status of positive social and economic rights in C...
Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act [CPA] is 30 years old. In the past three decades, it has inspired si...
The author examines, in some detail, the current operations of the Nova Scotia Small Claims Court to...
This article seeks to explore some of the implications of integrating information and communications...
There is a great deal of civil litigation in Urban areas and courts are unable to deal efficiently a...
Small Claims Court has a long history in debt collection and a popular image as the “People’s Court....
Small claims courts have traditionally been seen as a valuable institutional innovation for facilita...
The development of informal methods of adjudicating small claims has been one of the most widespread...
Small claims courts have been in operation in the United States for over sixty years. They were esta...
This Article presents empirical data on the operation of the small claims court in the city of Denve...
Nova Scotia is one of only three Canadian provinces without a small claims court.\u27 The rationale ...
Lack of access to justice affects not only the poor, but also working-class and middle-income indivi...
Abstract: The paper investigates litigation as a strategy to advance the social rights of marginali...
Do higher small claims court monetary limits expand access to “simplified” justice or do they erode ...
Every American should enjoy full access to the protections offered by the U.S. civil justice system....
This article examines the development and current status of positive social and economic rights in C...
Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act [CPA] is 30 years old. In the past three decades, it has inspired si...
The author examines, in some detail, the current operations of the Nova Scotia Small Claims Court to...
This article seeks to explore some of the implications of integrating information and communications...
There is a great deal of civil litigation in Urban areas and courts are unable to deal efficiently a...