[BOOK][B] Causes of action: civil law and social justice

P Pleasence, N Balmer, A Buck - 2006 - books.google.com
Civil law provides a framework within which people conduct their daily lives, and civil court
cases often relate to problems that affect people's basic life opportunities and well-being …

Worried sick: the experience of debt problems and their relationship with health, illness and disability

N Balmer, P Pleasence, A Buck… - Social Policy and …, 2006 - cambridge.org
This paper examines social and demographic predictors of debt problems, whether debt
problems tend to occur in combination with other problems and which people tend to …

Evolution and revolution: Gauging the impact of technological and technical innovation on Olympic performance

N Balmer, P Pleasence, A Nevill - Journal of Sports Sciences, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A number of studies have pointed to a plateauing of athletic performance, with the
suggestion that further improvements will need to be driven by revolutions in technology or …

Debt and disadvantage: the experience of unmanageable debt and financial difficulty in E ngland and W ales

A Patel, NJ Balmer, P Pleasence - International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In common with a number of other developed western states, the UK has seen significant
growth of consumer debt over the past three decades. In tandem, there has been an …

Multiple justiciable problems: Common clusters and their social and demographic indicators

P Pleasence, NJ Balmer, A Buck… - Journal of Empirical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Justiciable problems do not always occur in isolation. However, little empirical research has
examined multiple problems in depth by identifying common clusters of problems, their …

Disability, social exclusion and the consequential experience of justiciable problems

A O'grady*, P Pleasence, NJ Balmer, A Buck… - Disability & …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we examine the situation of disabled people in England and Wales with regard
to one specific aspect of social exclusion—experience of justiciable problems, and the …

[BOOK][B] Reshaping legal assistance services: building on the evidence base-a discussion paper

P Pleasence, C Coumarelos, S Forell, HM McDonald - 2014 - apo.org.au
This paper provides a framework for discussing how Australian access to justice research,
policy development and the delivery of public legal assistance services (eg pro bono, legal …

Justice & the capability to function in society

P Pleasence, NJ Balmer - Daedalus, 2019 - direct.mit.edu
All over the world, civil legal problems are ubiquitous. But while all groups in every society
that has been studied experience civil justice problems, these problems and their …

Social exclusion and civil law: experience of civil justice problems among vulnerable groups

A Buck, N Balmer, P Pleasence - Social Policy & Administration, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Combating social exclusion has become a priority target for many governments and was a
key factor in the establishment of the Legal Services Commission (LSC) and the Community …

Ignorance in bliss: Modeling knowledge of rights in marriage and cohabitation

P Pleasence, NJ Balmer - Law & Society Review, 2012 - cambridge.org
We live our lives against an extensive backdrop of legal rights and responsibilities, yet a
growing number of studies indicates low levels of public legal literacy. In the context of …