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Poor People Also Can Have a Lawsuit in American America’s courts are built on a system of rules and procedures that assume t
Poor People Also Can Have a Lawsuit in American America’s courts are built on a system of rules and procedures that assume t
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2013-07-08
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Poor People Also Can Have a Lawsuit in American
America’s courts are built on a system of rules and procedures that assume that almost everyone who comes to court has a lawyer. Unfortunately, the reality is quite different. An increasing number of civil cases go forward without lawyers. Litigants who cannot afford a lawyer, and either do not qualify for legal aid or are unable to have a lawyer assigned to them because of dwindling budgets, are on their own prose. What’s more, they’re often on their in cases involving life-altering situations like divorce, child custody and loss of shelter.
As the economy has worsened, the ranks of the self-represented poor have expanded. In a recent informal study conducted by the Self-Represented Litigation Network, about half the judges who responded reported a greater number of prose litigants as a result of the economic crisis. Unrepresented litigants now also include many in the middle class and small-business owners who unexpectedly find themselves in distress and without sufficient resources to pay for the legal assistance they need.
As judges, we believe more needs to be done to meet this growing challenge: an inaccessible, overburdened justice system serves none of us well. California took a major step forward when it became the first state to recognize as a goal the right to counsel in certain civil cases. But this is only a beginning. It is essential that we promote other efforts to close the "justice gap". One such effort involves the "unbundling" of legal services. Forty-one states have adopted a model rule drafted by the American Bar Association, or similar provisions, which allow lawyers to take only part of a case, a cost-saving practice known as "limited-scope representation" that is responsive to new realities.
Traditionally, lawyers have been required to stay with a case from beginning to end, unless a court has excused them from this obligation. Now, in those states that explicitly or implicitly allow unbundling, people or businesses can hire a lawyer to help them fill out forms, to prepare documents, to coach them on how to present in court or to appear in court for hearings. What could be wrong with this? Well, some lawyers have expressed concern that limited legal representation will encourage litigants to dissect their cases in an effort to save money, sacrificing quality representation that the litigant might otherwise be able to afford. We have also heard the argument that by offering too much assistance to self-represented litigants, the courts themselves are undermining the value of lawyers and the legal profession. Apparently, some are concerned that the court system will become so user-friendly that there will be no need for lawyers.
The "unbundling" of legal services (Line 10, Para. 3) means that______.
选项
A、a lawyer is excused from his obligation by a court
B、a lawyer may take the whole case
C、the cost for litigants to have a lawyer might be lower
D、litigants can only hire a lawyer to do some trifle things
答案
C
解析
语义分析题。根据题干关键词“unbundling”of legal services定位到原文第三段最后两句:One such effort involves the“unbundling”of legal services.Forty-one states haveadopted a model rule...which allow lawyers to take only part of a case,a cost—savingpractice known as“limited-scope representation”……41个州已采用美国律师公会起草的模式章程,或类似的条款,这些条款和章程允许律师只接案件的一部分,这种节省成本的方式被称为“有限范围代理”……即有限范围代理(非捆绑式律师服务)可为诉讼人省钱,故选[C]项。
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