The Existence of Legal Aid Institutions in Providing Legal Aid Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak

Legal status of revolutionary institutions in Iran's administrative legal system

The revolutionary institutions, due to the authority of the public power, form an important part of the administrative organization in Iran. the legal status of the institutions in question was ambiguous, The legislator tried to create a legal personality by adopting the Public Accounts Act of 1366 and the Law on the List of Non-Governmental Organizations and Public Institutions approved in 137...

Immigration, Legal Status, and Public Aid Magnets

Legal and illegal immigrants are concentrated in U.S. border states. This paper asks to what extent geographic clustering is attributable to differences in state-provided public aid. California has been shown to have a disproportionate number of legal immigrant welfare users, but little evidence exists concerning illegal persons. Illegal immigrants may collect welfare benefits on behalf of lega...

The Delivery of Civil Legal Aid Services in South Africa

This paper is intended to deal with the different methods of delivering civil legal aid services in South Africa. Before doing so, however, brief mention will be made of the structure of the legal profession and the impact of the new South African Constitution (or “Constitution”), as both have influenced the development of legal aid services in the country. Mention in passing will also be made ...

The impact of cuts in legal aid funding on charities

This article focusses on the specific impact of the cuts in legal aid funding on the charitable sector. The sector plays a significant role in advice giving. Some charities have the provision of legal advice as their sole purpose, whilst the work of other charities includes the giving of legal advice. Funding comes via a number of sources including legal aid, local authorities and charitable tr...

The chaplain's role: where aid in dying is legal.