The effects of LASPO on court efficiency and the impact of litigants in person: an empirical study

In this article, we examine the effects of LASPO on measures of court efficiency. We focus on family law, since LASPO kept public family law proceedings in its scope but made almost the entirety of private family law unavailable for legal aid. We find an increase in the number of Litigants in Person...

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Main Authors: Kalliris, Konstantinos (Author) , Alysandratos, Theodore (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] SSRN [2022]
DOI:10.2139/ssrn.4196138
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Author Notes:Konstantinos Kalliris, Theodore Alysandratos

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