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Learning Lessons from Litigators: Dealing with Non-Compliance
What if it becomes clear that the government or private provider of education is failing to comply with the terms of the remedial order? The implementation of remedies is key to effectively realising the right to education. Where ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: Formulating Remedial Relief
Remedial strategy is an important aspect of any broader litigation strategy. An important aspect of strategic decision-making in this regard is to consider what relief the court might be willing to grant or approve. Strategic ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: Module 3-Remedial Enforcement
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In the first two modules of this series we considered the fundamental questions that need to be considered when making strategic use of the courts to enforce the right to education. We evaluated the ...
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Learning Lessons from Litigators: Framing the Litigation
Lawyers must make numerous decisions throughout the litigation—both legal and non-legal. This can raise a confusing minefield of both promises and pitfalls.
In this block, we look at the legal choices that lawyers have to consider ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: Timing the Litigation
In realizing a right to education, lawyers need to move beyond the nuts and bolts of the law and consider these broader issues. We start with the tricky issue of timing. At what point in the struggle for education, should we turn to ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: The Role of the Client
It is always tempting to focus on the public interest aspects of the claim but it is crucial not to lose sight of the client. The lawyer has to strike a balance the needs of the client and the larger goals of the litigation.
From ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: Innovative Strategies
The unique nature of public interest lawyering—using court process to prompt transformative change—requires lawyers to be creative. Lawyers must have a strong knowledge of the law and a strong imagination to envision how legal rules ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: Building Support for Litigation
Public interest lawyering is not confined to the four walls of the court room. Lawyers do not only need to master legal tools and techniques, they also need to tap into larger social and political movements and harness support for the ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: The Right to Education
The right to education means different things in different contexts, and that’s because the law varies so widely from country to country. In this block we explore how education is protected around the world.
Learning Lessons from Litigators: Public Interest Lawyering
What can lawyers do? Public interest litigation differs in important ways from other kinds of litigation because it operates in this space – in the enforcement and enumeration of rights. In this block, we talk with litigators on the ...
Learning Lessons from Litigators: Deciding to Go to Court
It is crucial at the beginning stages to develop a sophisticated and context-sensitive strategy on how to develop and litigate the case for achieving a right to education. So in this block, we explore what factors influence the ...
