http://hdl.handle.net/2328/19 2013-05-25T09:49:55Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/11067 Title: Childhood Obesity and the Importance of Rights Discourse: A Way forward for Public Health Practitioners Authors: Simpson, Cheryl Ann; Simpson, Brian 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/1034 Title: How and Why is Pro Bono Flourishing? A Comparison of Recent Developments in Sweden and China. Authors: Regan, Francis Abstract: The pro bono activity of the private legal profession in a given society can best be understood as part of a partnership between the profession and government. The purpose of that partnership is for the profession, together with government, to take responsibility to try to ensure that, in theory, all citizens are equal before the law. The precise nature of that partnership varies widely between societies. Regan examines recent pro bono developments in Sweden and China. In the former country pro bono work by the profession had, until recently, disappeared but recent restrictions upon legal aid prompted the profession to re-establish a basic scheme. In China the recently established national legal aid scheme relies heavily upon the pro bono efforts of the emerging private profession. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/1028 Title: Falling in love with litigation: The difficulties of reconstructing China's legal system. Authors: Regan, Francis Abstract: China has undertaken a program of widespread legal reform since the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. From the chaos and lawlessness of that period China has in the space of a quarter of a century re-established a functioning although imperfect legal system. However, the reconstruction of the legal system is creating a major headache for the reformers. Have the Chinese fallen in love with litigation? It appears that they have and to a degree that will seriously stretch the legal system. 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/1030 Title: Rolls Royce or Rundown 1970s Kingswood? Australia's legal aid in comparative perspective. Authors: Regan, Francis Abstract: The Commonwealth Attorney-General, Daryl Williams’ comment earlier this year that Australia’s legal aid was a ‘Rolls Royce’ scheme was surprisingly ill informed and created an unfortunate perception that legal aid commissions (LACs) were well funded but mismanaged, bloated and wasting public money. The comment was made in order to support the 1996 Budget decision to cut Commonwealth funding to legal aid but as I demonstrate below, it showed a surprising lack of knowledge about Australia’s legal aid scheme. In particular, Williams ignored the evidence demonstrating that Australia’s legal aid is, by comparison with similar large, publicly funded schemes, one of the meanest in the western world. In this article I explore some context issues which may help explain why Williams cut legal aid and then I examine Australia’s scheme in a comparative perspective. 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z