Legal mobilization under authoritarianism [electronic resource] : the case of post-colonial Hong Kong / Waikeung Tam.
Tam, Waikeung.
2013
KNQ9307 .T36 2013
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Title Legal mobilization under authoritarianism [electronic resource] : the case of post-colonial Hong Kong / Waikeung Tam.
Author Tam, Waikeung.
ISBN 9781107031999
9781139613033 (electronic book)
Publication Details Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language English
Description xiii, 219 p. : ill.
Call Number KNQ9307 .T36 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 340/.3095125
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 2009).
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series Cambridge studies in law and society
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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.

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