Legal Mobilization : Assessing the Potential and Limits of Law-Based Civic Advocacy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handmaker, Jeff.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar studies in law, development and global justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Handmaker, Jeff.

Dugard, John, 1936-.

Social justice.

Lawfare.

Local Subjects:

Handmaker, Jeff.

Dugard, John, 1936-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

In this timely book Jeff Handmaker critically reflects on the opportunities and challenges of law-based advocacy.Exploring different functions of law through an analytical concept and approach of legal mobilization, this book provides a unique reflection on how law can address systemic crises.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: The potential and limits of legal mobilization

2. Legal mobilization as an analytical approach and the importance of counterpower

3. Challenging dutch lawfare towards migrants through legal mobilization

4. A human face to end impunity: Boycott, divestment and sanctions as legal mobilization

5. Legal mobilization responses to covid-19 and the need for a critical lens

6. Countering the lawfare blowback: Legal mobilization defenders for palestine

7. Conclusion: Towards legal learning

Afterword

List of references.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-03-539211-9

1-78990-293-2

9781035392117

OCLC:

1574032870