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Why economic inequality undermines contractual rights

I am a freelancer and a client is refusing to pay for completed work because they changed their mind about the project but I cannot afford a lawyer to fight them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inaccessibility of legal remedies transforms theoretical rights into practical privileges available only to those who can afford enforcement.

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“Where Are You with Rights — their origin and their limits?”

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