This article illustrates the dilemma lawyers face in authoritarian regimes—balancing resistance and survival—and highlights their potential role in both confronting and later rebuilding the rule of law.
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Ahmend (2012), “The Rule Of Law–A Substratum Of Justice: The Lawyers’movement And Its Impacts On Legal & Political Governance Of Pakistan”
This article explores how the lawyers’ movement in Pakistan serves as a critical force for restoring the rule of law and reinforcing judicial independence in a context of democratic backsliding.
Israël (2005), “From Cause Lawyering to Resistance: French Communist Lawyers in the Shadow of History (1929-1945)”
This chapter explores how the AJI engaged in international campaigns against fascism and repression, using legal analysis, public advocacy, and symbolic trials to advance their cause.
Southworth (2005), “Professional Identity and Political Commitment among Lawyers for Conservative Causes”
This chapter explores the professional ideologies and levels of political commitment among lawyers who work for conservative and libertarian causes.
Woods (2005), “Cause Lawyers and Judicial Community in Israel: Legal Change in a Diffuse, Normative Community”
This chapter examines how cause lawyers in Israel played a crucial role in encouraging the High Court of Justice (HCJ) to challenge religious authorities, marking a shift from judicial coexistence to conflict.
Weizman (2015), “Cause Lawyering and Resistance in Israel: The Legal Strategies of Adalah”
This articel argues that while the law’s capacity for political change is limited, it remains a vital tool for exposing systemic contradictions and advancing resistance amid tensions between submission and subversion.
Michalowski (1998), “All or Nothing: An Inquiry into the (Im)Possibility of Cause Lawyering under Cuban Socialism”
This chapter explores whether cause lawyering can exist within Cuba’s socialist legal system.
Meili (1998), “Cause Lawyers and Social Movements: A Comparative Perspective on Democratic Change in Argentina and Brazil”
This chapter examines how cause lawyers in Argentina and Brazil have engaged with grassroots social movements amid transitions from military rule to democratic consolidation.
Shamir and Chinski (1998), “Destruction of Houses and Construction of a Cause: Lawyers and Bedouins in the Israeli Courts”
This chapter highlights how lawyers navigate a complex legal and political landscape, using the law both to resist state power and to assert the rights of a vulnerable community within an authoritarian-leaning framework.
Tam (2018), “Political Transition and the Rise of Cause Lawyering: The Case of Hong Kong”
This article analyzes how cause lawyering emerged and thrived in Hong Kong under authoritarian conditions.