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Justice and the Capability to Function in Society

Pascoe Pleasence and Nigel Balmer discuss the place of legal capability in the global tradition of legal needs surveys. They set out the importance of understanding legal capability in informing “bottom-up” access to justice policy.

Funding to building legal capability

Our grants prioritise projects that improve understanding of legal need and capability and increase opportunities for Victorians to resolve their everyday legal issues.

Measuring legal capability
Measuring legal capability