This article examines the government-funded legal aid system of Bangladesh. It indicates that the Bangladeshi legal aid system is lacking in terms of both legal provisions and the actual performance of the Legal Aid Services Act. The inadequacies in the implementation of the Act even raise the concern of whether the government has any intention to use the legal system to improve the condition of the poor or whether it intends to establish a legal aid system that is directed to providing mere lip service to the poor. The Bangladeshi legal aid system is therefore in a paradox; the state has established an institution that exposes its drawbacks and is not able to meet the needs of the beneficiaries. The article finally makes recommendations in order to redress the deficiencies of the system and thus to ensure effective access to justice for those who are in need of the service.

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确保孟加拉国司法救助的法律援助：悖论？

本文考察了孟加拉国政府资助的法律援助制度。这表明孟加拉的法律援助制度在法律规定和《法律援助服务法》的实际执行方面都存在欠缺。该法实施上的不足，更令人担忧政府是否有意利用法律制度改善穷人的生活条件，或是否有意建立一个仅是口口相传的法律援助制度。穷人。因此，孟加拉的法律援助制度处于一个矛盾之中；国家建立了一个暴露其缺陷且无法满足受益人需求的机构。