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Research Report

  • Access to Justice: Opening the Courthouse Door

    In order for “equal justice for all” to be more than a hollow promise, people require access to the courts that is meaningful, with representation by qualified counsel, the opportunity to physically enter the court and to understand and to participate in the proceedings, and the assurance that their claims will be heard by a fair and capable decision-maker and decided pursuant to the rule of law.
  • Repaying Debts

    How policymakers can increase accountability among people who commit crimes, improve rates of child support collection and victim restitution, and make people’s transition from prisons and jails to the community safe and successful.
  • Unregulated Work in the Global City

    Unregulated work is not confined to isolated, short-lived cases of exploitation at the fringe of the city’s economy. Instead, this report finds that the systematic violation of federal, state and local law is threatening to become a way of doing business in major low-wage industries.
  • Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, 2007

    The following annual includes excerpts from reports, policy proposals, and issue briefs, as well as excerpted material from public remarks, legal briefs, congressional testimony, and op-ed pieces written by Brennan Center staff.
  • An Agenda for Election Reform

    Defects in election administration and procedures disenfranchise countless eligible Americans every election cycle. These defects can be remedied, and the promise of democracy restored, by implementing real reforms to ensure that all eligible Americans have a fair and equal opportunity to vote and to have their votes counted.