Subject(s): Administration -- Equality before the law -- Social justice -- Law -- Civil Society -- Elements for successful legal and judicial system : Selected considerations anchored in universal declaration of human rights, rethinking processes and criteria for success -- What alternatives exist for holding governments accountable : Principal institutions and mechanisms of accountability, role of Ombudsman -- Can laws and institutions give voice to poor : engaging and empowering communities access to justice, women and access to justice -- What informal mechanisms exist for dispute resolution and contract enforcement : Law, relationships and private enforcement -- what conditions are necessary for judiciary to curb corruption : Role of rule of law and judiciary independence in combating corruption and protecting development programs -- How do media support the reform process : Freedom of expression, freedom of information, and requirements of justice -- What conditions are necessary for independent yet accountable judiciary : Independence and accountability, judicial system of Pakistan -- How does legal training improve participation in reform process : many factors of training, improving reform process through legal training, legal training in transitional democracy, bringing sub-Saharan African lawyers into legal reform process -- How does global knowledge sharing foster civil society participation : Pending challenges of judicial reform, legal reform, global knowledge and civil society -- How can effective strategies be developed for law and justice programs, are there models for legal reform programs : Legal reform in developing and transition countries, making people the focus, explaining of organization for harmonization of business law in Africa (OHADA) -- Perception of rule of law in transitional societies