Establishing Rights without Remedies? Achieving an Effective Civil Gideon by Avoiding a Civil Strickland
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................893 I. AVENUES FOR ESTABLISHING A CIVIL GIDEON ................................898 A. Judicial Strategies ............................................................. 898 1. Federal Due Process Claims ...................................899 2. Federal Equal Protection Claims ............................903 3. State Constitutional Claims ....................................906 B. Legislative Strategies ......................................................... 908 II. EVALUATING THE GOAL IN LIGHT OF GIDEON ’S FLAWS ..................911 III. FOUNDATIONS FOR CIVIL INEFFECTIVENESS OF COUNSEL CLAIMS ......................................................................916 IV. ALTERNATIVES TO STRICKLAND FOR A CIVIL RIGHT TO COUNSEL .............................................................919 A. Principles and Policy Goals ............................................... 919 B. The Fundamental-Fairness Approach .................................. 921 C. Preand Post-Strickland Alternatives in the Criminal Context .................................................... 922 CONCLUSION ..........................................................................................926
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