Legal Design for the Common Good: Proactive Legal Care by Design
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Legal Design for the Common Good : Proactive Legal Care by Design. / Haapio, Helena; Barton, Thomas; Corrales Compagnucci, Marcelo.
Legal Design: Integrating Business, Design, & Legal Thinking with Technology. ed. / Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci; Helena Haapio; Margaret Hagan; Michael Doherty. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021. p. 56-81.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Legal Design for the Common Good
T2 - Proactive Legal Care by Design
AU - Haapio, Helena
AU - Barton, Thomas
AU - Corrales Compagnucci, Marcelo
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Many legal problems are caused by misunderstandings. People do not read complex documents. Even if they do, they may not find what they look for or understand what they find. This chapter shows how proactive legal care can help, not only to deal with challenges of complex legal information, but also to improve access to justice and prevent unnecessary problems. Enhancing clients’ self-care by promoting their legal literacy is a central strategy for this purpose. Changing how documents are framed and presented is another. We propose a new mindset for lawyers, with a focus on the users and on using the law for the advancement of the common good. With this mindset, it becomes natural to look for skills and tools to present legal information in more engaging and actionable ways. Design patterns offer a way to identify and share such tools, for the benefit of lawyers and clients alike.
AB - Many legal problems are caused by misunderstandings. People do not read complex documents. Even if they do, they may not find what they look for or understand what they find. This chapter shows how proactive legal care can help, not only to deal with challenges of complex legal information, but also to improve access to justice and prevent unnecessary problems. Enhancing clients’ self-care by promoting their legal literacy is a central strategy for this purpose. Changing how documents are framed and presented is another. We propose a new mindset for lawyers, with a focus on the users and on using the law for the advancement of the common good. With this mindset, it becomes natural to look for skills and tools to present legal information in more engaging and actionable ways. Design patterns offer a way to identify and share such tools, for the benefit of lawyers and clients alike.
UR - https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/legal-design-9781839107252.html
U2 - 10.4337/9781839107269.00011
DO - 10.4337/9781839107269.00011
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781839107252
SP - 56
EP - 81
BT - Legal Design
A2 - Corrales Compagnucci, Marcelo
A2 - Haapio, Helena
A2 - Hagan, Margaret
A2 - Doherty, Michael
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing
CY - Cheltenham
ER -
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