Legal aid has recently come into the spotlight once again given the Central Government’s release of a document on further expanding the system in late June.China established a nationwide legal aid network following t...Legal aid has recently come into the spotlight once again given the Central Government’s release of a document on further expanding the system in late June.China established a nationwide legal aid network following the introduction of the Legal Aid Regulations in September 2003,whereby lawyers were organized into legal aid agencies set up by the government to offer free legal services to people facing economic hardship or involved in special cases.Since the system’s introduction,the financial input into legal aid by governments at various levels has grown rapidly.展开更多
文摘Legal aid has recently come into the spotlight once again given the Central Government’s release of a document on further expanding the system in late June.China established a nationwide legal aid network following the introduction of the Legal Aid Regulations in September 2003,whereby lawyers were organized into legal aid agencies set up by the government to offer free legal services to people facing economic hardship or involved in special cases.Since the system’s introduction,the financial input into legal aid by governments at various levels has grown rapidly.