The introduction examines poverty as a global challenge requiring multidimensional solutions, with a particular focus on Jamaica. It highlights the New Haven School of Jurisprudence as a potential intellectual framework to address poverty through its integration of law and policy. By emphasizing human dignity as a core value, the chapter explores how this school of thought reconciles the relationship between legal rules and societal policies, offering a process-based approach to decision-making. The chapter sets the foundation for later discussions, linking historical developments in law and governance to the persistent social issue of poverty, and presenting the New Haven School as a promising methodology for crafting equitable solutions.