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Public Interest

Nov. 30, 2000

Aid Programs Help Alleviate Widespread 'Legal Poverty'

Discussions of inequality in 20th-century America focus on "social goods," such as medical care, housing, job security, environmental justice, the quality of public schools in various neighborhoods and differences in wealth generally. Too often, lost in these discussions is attention to a vital resource that must be understood both as a wholly distinct social good and as one that underlies all the others: access to justice.

        By Roberta Shouse
        
        Discussions of inequality in 20th-century America focus on "social goods," such as medical care, housing, job security, environmental justice, the quality of public schools in various neighborhoods and differences in wealth generally. Too often, lost in these discussions is attention to a vital re...

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