Law Practice
Dec. 16, 2014
Let's finally send Gideon to civil court
In the U.S., criminal defendants who cannot afford counsel are constitutionally entitled to have counsel provided for them, but not civil litigants, inhibiting the development of law addressing their problems. By James J. Brosnahan
One of the side effects of this digital age is conditioning us to easily convert people into numbers. If I write that 4.3 million Californians go to civil court every year without a lawyer, I have dehumanized them. I have allowed the reader to process the problem with less emotion - and less outrage.
So go to the courthouse and witness the unrepresented. They ask strangers in the halls what a "writ" is. They do not compre...
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