Inequality before the law

Unequal access to legal advice, representation and other legal facilities, which may or may not be written into the law, acts as a special restriction on the rights of certain sections of the community.

1. The poor, outcasts and minorities are discriminated against in the enforcement and the interpretation of law. Proposals for change offered by sub-groups are rejected by the majority body as not serving the needs of the whole.

1. Social inequality
2. Ineffective legal system
3. Discrimination
4. Denial of human rights

1. Religious discrimination in the administration of justice
2. Political discrimination in the administration of justice
3. Neglect of victims of crime
4. Legalized racial discrimination
5. Legalized discrimination
6. Lack of legal standing
7. Lack of impartiality of the judiciary
8. Injustice of military tribunals
9. Inaccessibility of justice
10. Geographic discrimination in the administration of justice
11. Excessive leniency in sentencing of offenders
12. Elitist legal judgements
13. Economic discrimination in the administration of justice
14. Discrimination against women before the law
15. Discrimination against men before the law
16. Discrimination against foreigners in legal proceedings
17. Denial of right to redress for rights violations
18. Denial of right to recognition as a person before the law
19. Denial of legal representation
20. Cultural discrimination in the administration of justice

1. White-collar crime
2. Underutilization of legal rights
3. Mistrust of system of justice
4. Legal absurdities
5. Distortionary tax systems
6. Disproportionately long prison sentences
7. Discrimination against women in the legal profession
8. Denial of right to liberty
9. Denial of right to justice

1. Restrictive legislation
2. Psychological barriers to the judicial protection of individual rights
3. Outmoded legal systems
4. Miscarriage of justice
5. Legal segregation
6. Inadequate law enforcement
7. Ignorance of the law
8. Ignorance of legal rights
9. Geographically isolated settlements
10. Exclusion of the masses from setting criteria in judicial judgements
11. Elitism
12. Delay in administration of justice
13. Deficiencies in national and local legal systems
14. Corruption
15. Bias in jury trials

1. Social injustice
2. Simplistic concept of families
3. Segregation
4. Restrictive legal practices

1. Using elitist justice
2. Using bias
3. Reducing inequality before the law
4. Exposing elitist justice
5. Establishing equal rights

1. Elitism
2. Prejudice
3. Denial
4. Discrimination [D]
5. Inequality
6. Bias