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
Summary
Using post-colonial Hong Kong as a case study, this book examines why and how legal mobilization arises in authoritarian regimes
Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 2009)