“Whether low-income people are dealing with access to veteran's benefits, or a protective order to guard against domestic violence, or a way to guard against the loss of their home due to foreclosure and unscrupulous behavior by mortgage providers, there's no way they can afford a lawyer. And that's a serious problem. Because that erodes respect for law, it erodes the prospects for justice.” PeopleProblemHomeJusticeLossViolenceSeriousBehaviorLawyerDomestic ViolenceMortgage Author:Martha Minow
“I think the problem is, if we foreclose any public justice, then we cut off the virtuous cycle that's represented by law, where there are public decisions which then deter misconduct in the future. We need to have both. We need to have private dispute sy-, systems, and we need to have public dispute systems.” ThinkingProblemJusticeDecisionCuttingVirtuous Author:Martha Minow