Poverty and the Law

Description

A collection of essays focusing attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty. They illustrate the distinct dimensions of poverty in a range of different political and cultural settings and also show how poverty is exacerbated by quite discrete local cultural factors in some instances. There is, nonetheless, a universal element which runs through all the contributions. The fate of those who are disadvantaged in society depends crucially on their access to goods through the world of work. Thus gender, ethnic background or disability can result in individuals having a much higher chance of experiencing poverty than those outwith these groups and the success of these groups in achieving a measure of prosperity is bound up with a multiplicity of geographical and political factors.

Asbjorn Kjonstad is Professor of Law at the University of Oslo. Peter Robson is Professor of Social Welfare Law in the Law School, University of Strathclyde.

...the list of contributors is both eminent and international.The book is valuable -- Dave Cowan * Social and Legal Studies * The book is an intriguing collection of essays on the subject of poverty and the law, analysed across a number of dimensions. -- Trevor Buck, University of Leicester * Child and Family Law Quarterly *