Anton Kazun and Andrei Yakovlev. “Legal mobilization in Russia: How Organizations of Lawyers Can Support Social Changes.” Crime, Law, and Social Change, vol. 72, (2019): 303–325.
This article examines how organizations of criminal defense lawyers in Russia have influenced social and institutional change over the past 30 years, showing that exogenous shocks can trigger legal mobilization, but state responses—including co-optation and repression—shape its impact, with the effectiveness of such collective action depending on the strength of legal institutions and leadership within the profession.