Community-based paralegalism has been active in the Philippines for the past 30 years, and yet its contribution to access to justice and the advancement of the rights and entitlements of the poor has been largely an undocumented. This paper attempts to provide a framework study on the history,...

There are various critiques of notions of global governance, democracy promotion, and liberal peacebuilding — that they are probably not universally applicable, that the concomitant neoliberalism often associated with them aggravates social and economic tension, that democracy, rather than...

There are various critiques of notions of global governance, democracy promotion, and liberal peacebuilding - that they are probably not universally applicable, that the concomitant neoliberalism often associated with them aggravates social and economic tension, that democracy, rather than...

In recent years, rule of law and legal reform has grown to be a major concern of national governments, international financial institutions, development agencies and donor organisations. Part of this concern has focused on expanding access to justice for the poor. However, little effort has gone...