The Background papers distributed at the Judicial Exchange provided comparative perspectives on access to justice, focusing in particular on unequal access to justice in the context of poverty, judicial responses to facilitating access to justice, external resources for busy judges and enforcement of judgments.

I. Unequal Access to Justice in the Context of Poverty

1. 'Delivering Access to Justice at the District Level'
Michael Anderson, Director of Studies, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London
First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice, New Delhi, 1-3 November 2002

2. 'Poverty, Access to Justice and Implementation of Human Rights'
Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Bombay High Court
First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice, New Delhi, 1-3 November 2002

II. Judicial Responses to Facilitating Access to Justice

3. 'Creating Access to Justice through Judicial Education: Correcting the Blindness'
The Hon. Justice Catherine A Fraser, Chief Justice of Alberta, Canada
First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice, New Delhi, 1-3 November 2002

4. 'The Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms'
Inaugural address by Hon. Dr. Justice A. S. Anand, Chief Justice of India, Developing Human Rights Jurisprudence, Vol 8: Eighth Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms, Bangalore, 27-30 December 1998, Commonwealth Secretariat 2001

5. 'Access to Courts'
Mr. Geoff Budlender, Legal Resources Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

IV. External Resources for Busy Judges

6. 'Debased Informalism: Lok Adalats and Legal Rights in Modern India'
Professor Marc Galanter and Jayanth Krishnan
First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice, New Delhi, 1-3 November 2002

VI. Enforcement of Judgments

7. 'Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights'
S.P. Sathe, Hon. Director, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, ILS Law College Campus, Pune
First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice, New Delhi, 1-3 November 2002

8. Implementation of Court Orders in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
An overview of the Experience of the Indian Judiciary
Dr. S. Muralidhar, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice, New Delhi, 1-3 November 2002