| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 508 pages) : illustrations |
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Oñati international series in law and society |
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Oñati international series in law and society.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Liberalism -- Cross-cultural studies
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Civil rights -- Cross-cultural studies
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Law -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism.
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Civil rights
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Law -- Political aspects
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Liberalism
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Halliday, Terence C. (Terence Charles)
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Karpik, Lucien.
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Feeley, Malcolm M
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| ISBN |
9781847314024 |
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1847314023 |
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9781472560179 |
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1472560175 |
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1841137677 |
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9781841137674 |
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1841137685 |
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9781841137681 |
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