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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      17 March 2022
      17 March 2022
      ISBN:
      9781139016544
      9780521853989
      9780521664783
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139016544
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.775kg, 438 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.629kg, 436 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Socio-Legal Studies, Criminology, Law, Human Rights, Sociology
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    Subjects:
    Socio-Legal Studies, Criminology, Law, Human Rights, Sociology
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    Countries undergoing or recovering from conflict and authoritarianism often face profound rule of law challenges. The law on the statute books may be repressive, judicial independence may be compromised, and criminal justice agencies may be captured by powerful interests. How do lawyers working within such settings imagine the law? How do they understand their ethical obligations towards their clients and the rule of law? What factors motivate them to use their legal practice and social capital to challenge repressive power? What challenges and risks can they face if they do so? And when do lawyers facilitate or acquiesce to illegality and injustice? Drawing on over 130 interviews from Cambodia, Chile, Israel, Palestine, South Africa, and Tunisia, this book explores the extent to which theoretical understandings within law and society research on the motivations, strategies, tactics, and experiences of lawyers within democratic states apply to these more challenging environments.

    Reviews

    ‘… invaluable … a realistic assessment of the complexities of the morally and politically fraught profession of cause lawyering.’

    David Dyzenhaus Source: Journal of Law and Society

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