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Self-represented litigants in family law disputes : contrasting the views of Alberta family law lawyers and judges of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench Cover Image

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Self-represented litigants in family law disputes : contrasting the views of Alberta family law lawyers and judges of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Boyd, John-Paul (author.). Bertrand, Lorne D. (Lorne David), 1959- (author.). Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, (issuing body.). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary: "This report presents an analysis and comparison of the Bertrand et al. (2012) Survey on Experiences with Self-represented Litigants and Boyd et al. (2014) Survey on Self-represented Litigants in Family Law Matters, which used a number of common questions allowing for the direct comparison of the views of Alberta lawyers and those of Court of Queen's Bench judges. ... Both surveys asked questions regarding judges' and lawyers' experience with family law in general, their perceptions of and experiences with self-represented litigants in family law disputes and their opinions about the effects of self-represented litigants on case outcomes. Participants were also asked for their views on alternatives to the traditional start to finish model of legal representation in family law matters, such as the retainer of counsel for limited purposes and the delegation of certain services normally performed by lawyers to paralegals"--

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Physical Description: remote
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1 electronic text (v, 35 pages) : colour illustrations.
Publisher: [Calgary, Alberta] : Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, [2014]
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"July 2014". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-34).
Formatted Contents Note:	List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1.0. Introduction. 1.1. The present study -- 2.0. Findings from the surveys. 2.1. Background information ; 2.2. Self-represented litigants in family law matters ; 2.3. Alternatives to the traditional delivery of legal services ; 2.4. Respondents' concluding comments -- 3.0. Summary and conclusions. 3.1. Summary of survey findings ; 3.2. Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- Glossary.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Title from cover.