TY - BOOK AU - Tam,Waikeung TI - Legal mobilization under authoritarianism: the case of post-colonial Hong Kong T2 - Cambridge studies in law and society SN - 9781107031999 (hardback) AV - KNQ9307 .T36 2013 U1 - 340/.3095125 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Law reform KW - China KW - Hong Kong KW - Law KW - Political aspects KW - Public interest law KW - Political questions and judicial power KW - Human rights KW - Hong Kong (China) KW - Politics and government KW - 1997- N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 2009); Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-214) and index; 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. - ER -