what is the importance of legal literacy?why should people know about it?
2007-01-29 18:02:43 · 2 answers · asked by kriti j 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Legal literacy is commonly understood as knowing the primary level in law. When citizens, particularly marginalized or underprivileged groups, know what the law has to offer them, they can recognise and challenge injustices much more forcefully. The first step towards that knowledge of the law, which can transform people's lives, is legal literacy. CHRI firmly believes that it is essential to use this knowledge as a tool for vulnerable groups to be able to understand and critique the law, to familiarize themselves with the scope of their rights under the law, and eventually to assert their rights as a means to take action and bring in change.
With this aim in view, CHRI started its own legal literacy programme by preparing a series of pamphlets and flyers on citizen's rights, while also interacting with the police so that they know not only their rights, but also their duties.
2007-01-29 19:15:05 · answer #1 · answered by alexa dion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever it may be, but it is not only confined to your Rights but involves Duty as well.
2007-01-30 03:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by mcmohan40 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋