The Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volume 1: Everyday Problems and Legal Need
Explore how justiciable problems are experienced, what people do about them, and how they progress and conclude (if they conclude).
Ground-breaking research
The Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) is ground-breaking research to help us better understand legal capability, attitudes and experience of the law in the Victorian community.
This report is the first of three volumes. It explores legal need in Victoria, how justiciable problems are experienced, what people do about them and how they progress and conclude.
Key findings
Implications and way forward
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Explore how justiciable problems are experienced, what people do about them, and how they progress and conclude (if they conclude).
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