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Fines: are disadvantaged people at a disadvantage? Justice issues paper 27

Zhigang Wei,

Hugh McDonald,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2018

Using LAW Survey data, this paper reveals that fines problems disproportionately affect disadvantaged people. The most disadvantaged were particularly vulnerable to fines problems, and the adverse consequences resulting from fines...

Client Groups,

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Fines,

LAW survey,

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Resolving legal problems: the role of disadvantage article

Resolving legal problems: the role of disadvantage

Hugh McDonald,

Zhigang Wei, | 2018

New analysis of the Legal Australia-Wide Survey demonstrates the association between legal problem resolution, level of disadvantage and legal capability. The findings show that disadvantaged Australians are more likely to...

Access to justice,

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

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How people solve legal problems: level of disadvantage and legal capability, Justice issues paper 23

Zhigang Hugh M. McDonald,

Wei, | 2016

The paper provides compelling new evidence from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey demonstrating the lower legal capability of multiply disadvantaged people. The most disadvantaged respondents were found to be significantly...

Capability,

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

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Article about Indigenous people, multiple disadvantage and response to legal problems

Indigenous people, multiple disadvantage and response to legal problems

Zhigang Wei,

Hugh McDonald,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2015

This paper extends analysis of the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey national dataset by examining response to legal problems and barriers to obtaining advice by Indigenous status and level of disadvantage....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

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LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Article on the topic of do some types of legal problems trigger other legal problems?

Do some types of legal problems trigger other legal problems?

Julie People, | 2014

Legal problems that have the potential to trigger other legal problems can set off a series of multiple problems, which can spiral out of control. Identifying trigger problems can help...

Client Groups,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Disadvantage and responses to legal problems in remote Australia – a working paper

Reiny Iriana,

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2013

New analyses from the Legal Australia-WIDE (LAW) Survey confirm that high levels of disadvantage are associated with a lower likelihood of taking action and seeking professional advice in respones to...

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

Regional & Remote,

Rural & Remote,

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Concentrating disadvantage: a working paper on heightened vulnerability to multiple legal problems

Hugh McDonald,

Zhigang Wei, | 2013

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found that some demographic groups, including many disadvantaged groups, had heightened vulnerability to multiple legal problems. New analyses of the LAW Survey national data set...

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal needs,

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Justice made to measure: NSW legal needs survey in disadvantaged areas: summary report

Christine Coumarelos,

Zhigang Wei,

Albert Zhou, | 2006

The appropriate provision of legal services in any jurisdiction requires a thorough understanding of the legal issues people experience, people`s responses to these issues and the outcome of these issues....

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

Legal needs,

NSW Legal Need,

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