Introduction 1
PART Ⅰ: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going& Other Ways to Get There 3
People’s Law: A Return to Self-Reliance&by Mort Rieber 5
“Justice” as Ordeal&by Anne Strick 9
The Backdrop of Our Legal Institutions&by Michael E.Tigar with the assistance of Madeleine Levy 14
A Window and a Mirror: Law Without Lawyers&by Victor H.Li 26
Law in Post-Revolutionary Cuba&by Katherine M.Galvin 31
The Creation of Legal Dependency: Law School in a Nutshell&by Michael Lowy and Craig Haney 36
Mediation: Reducing Dependence on Lawyers and Courts to Achieve Justice&by Gary Friedman 42
Computers and the Law: Can High Tech Reduce Our Dependence on Lawyers?a discussion between Howard Anawalt, Hugh Treanor, Toni Ihara and Ralph Warner 49
Where Do We Go from Here?&by Ralph Warner 54
PART Ⅱ: Self-Help Law: How to Do It 61
An Introduction to Legal Research&by Peter Jan Honigsberg 63
Name Changes: A Rare Situation Where Law Is Easier Than You Might Think&by David Brown 69
Search and Seizure: What the Police Can and Cannot Do&by N.Robert Stoll 76
How to Organize a Business as a Small Time Operator&by Bernard Kamoroff 84
The Living Lease&by Michael Phillips 89
Estate Planning— Why Bother?&by Denis Clifford 92
Living Together Agreements&by Toni Ihara 97
Crash = Cash: How to Handle Your Own Automobile Accident Claim&by Jeffrey Carter 100
Breaking Out of the Age Trap&by Edith Manley 107
Paying With Plastic: Protect Yourself With a Letter&by Howard Anawalt 113
Breaking Up: Self-Help for Gay/Lesbian Couples&by Hayden Curry and Denis Clifford 117
Bargain Basement Justice: Representing Yourself in Small Claims Court&by Ralph Warner 124
Writers and the Law&by Jane Shay Lynch 131
The Sun and the Law&by Steve Weissman 144
PART Ⅲ: In Pro Per 151
The Wave Project&by Jolene Jacobs 153
Street Law: Delancey Street’s Training in Social Survival Skills&by Carol Kizziah 159
The Legal Right to Be a Father&by Lee Cunningham 163
The Non-Profit Gambit: From Handbook to Corporation&by Ron Nowicki 168
Law Collectives&by Paul Harris 172
Hunting Queers With the Vice Squad&by Charles Sherman 175
Learning to Fish: Teaching Law in High School&by Tom Goldstein 185
The Dissolution Blues&by Linda Allison 189
A Story of a “Jail-House Lawyer” and Helpful Suggestions Nunc Pro Tunc for Prisoners and Others&by William R.Gilday 191
PART Ⅳ: Mediation 199
PART Ⅴ: Self-Help Law Programs 237
Tenant’s Rights 241
Battered Women 259
Rights of Artists 276
Other Programs 285
PART Ⅵ: Catalogue of Self-Help Law Publications 289