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Author Tam, Waikeung.

Title Legal mobilization under authoritarianism [electronic resource] : the case of post-colonial Hong Kong / Waikeung Tam.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description xiii, 219 p. : ill.
Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 2009).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Law reform -- China -- Hong Kong.
Law -- Political aspects -- China -- Hong Kong.
Public interest law -- China -- Hong Kong.
Political questions and judicial power -- China -- Hong Kong.
Human rights -- China -- Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781107031999 (hardback)
9781139613033 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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