Legal mobilization under authoritarianism [electronic resource] : the case of post-colonial Hong Kong / Waikeung Tam.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge studies in law and societyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: xiii, 219 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 340/.3095125 23
- KNQ9307 .T36 2013
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 2009).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.