Legal mobilization under authoritarianism
Subtitle: the case of post-colonial Hong Kong
By: Waikeung Tam
Series: Cambridge studies in law and society
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781107031999
Subjects: Human rights; Politics and government; Law reform; Public interest law; Political questions and judicial power; Law
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 2009)

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : explaining the rise of legal mobilization in post-colonial Hong Kong; title: The growth of legal mobilization in post-colonial Hong Kong; title: Critical antecedent-legal complex; title: The opening of new legal opportunities; title: The reversal of political opportunities; title: The political origins of cause lawyering in Hong Kong; title: Cause lawyers as transformative agents; title: Rights advocacy groups as transformative agents; title: The impacts of the judicialization of politics; title: Conclusion : theoretical and comparative contributions.