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Vancouver’s Community Court
Here’s a link to a Tyee piece on the opening of the Community Court in Vancouver, and here’s some other background. It is based on New York’s Midtown Community Court, which has an interesting publications page. The courts are based on the Community Justice movement, which seems to have its origins in the UK and utilizes the Action Research approach. Here is a good entry into the literature.
This is an absolutely brilliant idea, and long overdue.
I look forward to the expansion of community courts to other urban centres where they are desperately needed.