Legal mobilization under authoritarianism : the case of post-colonial Hong Kong / / Waikeung Tam.
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 219 p. :; ill. |
| Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 2009). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : explaining the rise of legal mobilization in post-colonial Hong Kong
- The growth of legal mobilization in post-colonial Hong Kong
- Critical antecedent-legal complex
- The opening of new legal opportunities
- The reversal of political opportunities
- The political origins of cause lawyering in Hong Kong
- Cause lawyers as transformative agents
- Rights advocacy groups as transformative agents
- The impacts of the judicialization of politics
- Conclusion : theoretical and comparative contributions.