2006-03-041975510631D926A1009-6566200604-0078-04TheEssenceandDevelopingTendencyofLegalAidKONGFan-huaLawSchoolofSouthChinaNormalUniversityGuangzhou510631ChinaAbstractLegalaidisakindofredressbymeansofprovidingfreeorpartfreelegalservice.Itismainlythegovernment’sobligationandthesocietyasitssupplement.Withrespecttoitsdevelopingtendencythelegalaid’sessenceisfromredresstobothredressandwelfareanditsextentshouldbeenlargedcontentaddedcrite-riondemarcated.Keywordslegalaidessencedevelopingtendency1.18720064401222.1.9719535218212.1.082.3.4.⊕1.M.2000.340.18