Direito em Movimento - Volume 18 - Número 3 - Edição Especial

176 Direito em Movimento, Rio de Janeiro, v. 18 - n. 3, p. 176-198, 2020 - Ed. Especial ARTIGOS ITINERANT JUSTICE AND PROACTIVE LEGAL SERVICES: Origins, Achievements and Future Directions Kim Economides Professor Emeritus, Flinders University, South Australia; Honorary Professor of Law, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland, Australia; Visiting Professor, Law Department, University of Cyprus. This is an edited version of a keynote address delivered to the 1st National Meeting on Itinerant Justice (ENAJI), as part of a webinar on Itinerant Justice: Origins, Diagnosis and Perspectives, organised by EMERJ (School for Magistrates, Rio de Janeiro State Court, Brazil) on 27 November 2020. I wish to thank Des Cristina Tereza Gaulia, Eliane Botelho Junqueira, Rafaela Selem Moreira and Joaquim Leonel de Rezende Alvim for their helpful observations, and for editorial assistance, Yanka Albertin Sodre da Silva, but I accept full responsibility for any remaining inaccuracies. Recebido em: 16/01/2021 Aprovado em: 28/01/2021 e 29/01/2021 ABSTRACT: This article examines itinerant justice and proactive le- gal services serving remote areas and the distinction between these modes of legal service delivery. It examines foreign and historical precedents for mobile legal services and the lessons that emerge from this experience. The article also considers how these legal servi- ces should be evaluated and questions their present scope by asking whether in the future there should be a greater emphasis on collective legal action, or structural, as well as individual casework. Finally, the article looks at future planning and considers specific reforms that might enhance their contribution, particularly for those in remote or Indigenous communities. KEYWORDS: Itinerant justice; proactive legal services; access to jus- tice; remote areas; law reform