Isabel Schoultz
Senior lecturer
Legal Aid in Sweden
Author
Editor
- Olaf Halvorsen Rønning
- Ole Hammerslev
Summary, in English
Sweden has a combination of public and private protection of legal expenses in civil cases. The public legal aid scheme is subsidiary to the legal expense insurance, which means anyone who had a legal expense insurance covering the current affair would not receive legal aid. The chapter aims at reviewing the current legal aid in the country with emphasis on the public legal aid scheme and the legal expense insurance. The text also includes discussions on the function of the legal aid scheme in relation to the welfare state and from an access to justice perspective, pointing out strengths and weaknesses of the legal aid policies and practices.
Department/s
- Department of Sociology of Law
Publishing year
2018
Language
English
Pages
43-76
Publication/Series
Outsourcing Legal Aid in the Nordic Welfare States
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Topic
- Law and Society
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-3-319-46683-5
- ISBN: 978-3-319-46684-2