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Page 37 - REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S COMMITTEE ON POVERTY AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 66 (1963) (hereafter cited as ATTORNEY GENERAL'S COMMITTEE).
Page 35 - Reich, Midnight Welfare Searches and the Social Security Act, 72 Yale LJ 1347 (1963).
Page 104 - Here what Virginia has sought to halt is not a commercialization of the legal profession which might threaten the moral and ethical fabric of the administration of justice. It is not "ambulance chasing." The railroad workers, by recommending competent lawyers to each other, obviously are not themselves engaging in the practice of law, nor are they or the lawyers whom they select parties to any soliciting of business.
Page 116 - ... developed, conducted, and administered with the maximum feasible participation of residents of the areas and members of the groups served...
Page 63 - Committee believes that, for the purposes at hand, poverty must be conceived as a relative concept. An impoverished accused is not necessarily one totally devoid of means. A problem of poverty arises for the system of criminal justice when at any stage of the proceedings lack of means in the accused substantially inhibits or prevents the proper assertion of a right or a claim of right. b. The Obligation of "Equal Justice".
Page 118 - Act are not carried on in a manner involving the use of program funds, the provision of services, or the employment or assignment of personnel in a manner supporting, or resulting in the identification of such program with, any partisan political activity or any activity designed to further the election or defeat of any candidate for public office.
Page 105 - The NAACP is not a conventional political party; but the litigation it assists, while serving to vindicate the legal rights of members of the American Negro community, at the same time and perhaps more importantly, makes possible the distinctive contribution of a minority group to the ideas and beliefs of our society. For such a group, association for litigation may be the most effective form of political association.
Page 38 - Not only these precedents but also reason and reflection require us to recognize that in our adversary system of criminal justice, any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him.
Page 70 - Association, through its officers and appropriate committees, shall cooperate with the Office of Economic Opportunity and other appropriate groups in the development and implementation of programs for expanding availability of legal services to indigents and persons of low income...
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| Title | Law and Poverty, 1965 |
| Author | Patricia M. Wald |
| Editors | Abram Chayes, Robert L. Wald |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965 |
| Length | 131 pages |
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