ABSTRACT

This study offers a contribution to the literature on access to justice and legal empowerment. It presents findings from qualitative empirical legal research and explores how obtaining access to justice contributes to conflict resolution. Fifty-four in-depth interviews were conducted with victims of domestic violence who had obtained access to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina) with a domestic violence complaint. The study found that these victims benefitted from obtaining access to justice even when this did not directly achieve resolution of their conflict. The benefits were related to the actions taken by legal organisations contributing to their own perceptions of being agents capable of making decisions.

摘要

本研究为有关司法救助和法律赋权的文献做出了贡献。它介绍了定性实证法律研究的结果，并探讨了获得司法救助如何有助于解决冲突。对家庭暴力受害者进行了 54 次深入访谈，这些受害者获得了布宜诺斯艾利斯市（阿根廷）检察官办公室的家庭暴力投诉。研究发现，这些受害者从获得司法救助中受益，即使这并不能直接解决他们的冲突。这些好处与法律组织采取的行动有关，这些行动有助于他们自己认为自己是能够做出决定的代理人。