LITERACY REQUIREMENTS OF COURT DOCUMENTS: AN UNDER-EXPLORED BARRIER TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE

We know that members of the public find court forms complex. Less is known, however, about what in particular makes these documents difficult for non-legally trained people to complete.      The study described in this article seeks to fill this information gap by deploying a “functional literac...

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Main Authors: Amy Salyzyn, Lori Isaj, Brandon Piva, Jacquelyn Burkell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2017-03-01
Series:Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
Online Access:https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4943