Fighting for political freedom : comparative studies of the legal complex and political liberalism /
On the basis of some 16 case studies from across the world, this book presents a theoretical link between lawyers and political liberalism having wide-ranging application over radically diverse situations in Asia and the Middle East, North and South America, and Europe.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Ore. :
Hart,
2007.
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| Series: | Oñati international series in law and society.
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Table of Contents:
- The legal complex and struggles for political liberalism / Terence C. Halliday, Lucien Karpik and Malcolm M. Feeley
- Law and the liberal transformation of the Northeast Asian legal complex in Korea and Taiwan / Tom Ginsburg
- Birth of a liberal moment? Looking through a one-way mirror at lawyers' defence of criminal defendants in China / Terence C. Halliday and Sida Liu
- 'Dissolving the people' : capitalism, law and democracy in Hong Kong / Carol Jones
- The state, civil society, and the legal complex in modern Japan : continuity and change / Malcolm M. Feeley and Setsuo Miyazawa
- Mobilising the law in an authoritarian state : the legal complex in contemporary Egypt / Tamir Moustafa
- Reluctantly sailing towards political liberalism : the political role of the judiciary in Turkey / Zühtü Arslan
- The ambivalent language of lawyers in Israel : liberal politics, economic liberalism, silence and dissent / Gad Barzilai
- The legal complex and the response to police violence in South America / Daniel M. Brinks
- When the 'political complex' takes the lead : the configuration of moderate state in Chile / Javier A. Couso
- Lawyers and political liberalism in Venezuela / Rogelio Perez Perdomo
- Contesting legality in the United States after September 11 / Richard L. Abel
- Politicising law to liberalise politics : anti-Francoist judges and prosecutors in Spain's democratic transition / Lisa Hilbink
- Lawyers and statist liberalism in Italy / Carlo Guarnieri
- Political lawyers / Lucien Karpik.