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Chapter Fifteen - The Evolving Contours of Private Pro Bono Policy and Practice in India: Local and Global Contexts

from Part Five - Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2022

By
Arpita Gupta
Edited by
Scott L. Cummings ,
Fabio de Sa e Silva  and
Louise G. Trubek
Scott L. Cummings
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Fabio de Sa e Silva
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Louise G. Trubek
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Summary

The projection of India as the fastest growing large economy in the world from 2018–21 stands in stark juxtaposition with the fact that it also houses the largest number of the world’s poor. The primary approach being favored by international development organizations as well as the Indian state to address the issue of large-scale poverty in general and legal poverty in particular has been to facilitate legal empowerment of the poor through the promotion of access to justice and rule of law among the underprivileged sections of the population. Following the widespread dissemination of the rights discourse, providing free legal assistance to the poor has emerged as the cornerstone of access-to-justice efforts globally.

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Global Pro Bono
Causes, Context, and Contestation
 , pp. 603 - 640
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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