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- Title
LAWYERS AND INFORMAL JUSTICE: THE CASE OF A PUBLIC HOUSING EVICTION BOARD.
- Authors
LEMPERT, RICHARD; MONSMA, KARL
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on how lawyers function before informal tribunals by taking a look at the performance of lawyers before a public housing eviction board which processed all eviction actions brought by the Hawaii Housing Authority (Authority) on the island of Oahu since December 1957. It indicates that while the board has the power of an ordinary court in deciding on the eviction of tenants and in issuing writs of possession enforceable by a sheriff, the procedural rules of ordinary courts do not apply. It cites the Legal Aid Society of Honolulu (LASH) whose policies and priorities are reflected in the amount and quality of tenant representation. It suggests that as the eviction process become more legally embedded, the tendency of tenants to be legally represented lessened.
- Subjects
OAHU (Hawaii); HAWAII; LAWYERS; ADMINISTRATIVE courts; EVICTION; PUBLIC housing -- Law &; legislation; HAWAII. Housing Authority
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 1988, Vol 51, Issue 4, p135
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1191888