Public interest law UK resources
This page brings together resources of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups concerning public interest law.
A decade on, six things the world can learn from Wales’ innovative future generations law, theconversation.com (Jan 06, 2025) — Includes "Engage all stakeholders early and effectively"- Charity preparing to take legal action against a government decision to permit a housing development in part of the Kent countryside, BBC News (Dec 20, 2024)
- Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds, theguardian.com (Dec 11, 2024)
Organisations working with communities[edit | edit source]
The Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) is a UK registered charity, dedicated to environmental law and disseminating information on the subject.
Other organisations and resources[edit | edit source]
- Good Law Project, added 17:52, 3 October 2020 (UTC), not-for-profit campaign organisation that uses the law to protect the interests of the public. Founded by Jolyon Maugham, the Good Law Project states that its mission is to achieve change through the law. W "We defend, define and change the law to uphold democracy, protect the environment and ensure no one is left behind." The organisation's issues include: No-one left behind, Upholding democracy and Protecting the environment. text added 18:46, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
- EarthRights Solicitors, Resources page on web.archive.org, 28 2 2015
About Public interest law[edit | edit source]
Public interest law refers to legal practices undertaken to help poor, marginalized, or under-represented people, or to effect change in social policies in the public interest, on 'not for profit' terms (pro bono publico), often in the fields of civil rights, civil liberties, religious liberty, human rights, women's rights, consumer rights, environmental protection, and so on.
In a celebrated 1905 speech, Louis Brandeis decried the legal profession, complaining that "able lawyers have to a large extent allowed themselves to become adjuncts of great corporations and have neglected their obligation to use their powers for the protection of the people."
In the tradition thus exemplified, a common ethic for public-interest lawyers in a growing number of countries remains "fighting for the little guy".
See also[edit | edit source]
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