Pavone, Tommaso. The Ghostwriters: Lawyers and the Politics behind the Judicial Construction of Europe. Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. Cambridge University Press, November 2022. Paperback. ISBN: 9781009074988. The Ghostwriters challenges the traditional, judge-centered narrative …
Evidence of Lawyers’ Resistance
Gerzso (2023), “Judicial resistance during electoral disputes: Evidence from Kenya”
Gerzso, Thalia. Judicial resistance during electoral disputes: Evidence from Kenya (2023). Electoral Studies, 85, 102653. Over the last decade, African courts have become central actors in the conduct of elections, sometimes even resisting incumbents during …
Baraybar & Gonzalez-Ocantos (2022), “Prosecutorial Agency, Backlash and Resistance in the Peruvian Chapter of Lava Jato”
Baraybar, V., & Gonzalez-Ocantos, E. (2022). Prosecutorial Agency, Backlash and Resistance in the Peruvian Chapter of Lava Jato. In S. Botero, D. M. Brinks, & E. A. Gonzalez-Ocantos (Eds.), The Limits of Judicialization: From Progress …
Delaney, Dixon & Kosař (2025), “Chief Justices and Democratic Resilience: Judicial Leadership in Times of Constitutional Crisis”
Delaney, Erin F., Rosalind Dixon, and David Kosař. Chief Justices and Democratic Resilience: Judicial Leadership in Times of Constitutional Crisis (2025). International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 148–159. Chief justices play …
Batesmith (2023), “Lawyers Who Want to Make the World a Better Place – Scheingold and Sarat’s Something to Believe In: Politics, Professionalism, and Cause Lawyering”
Batesmith, Alex. “Lawyers Who Want to Make the World a Better Place – Scheingold and Sarat’s Something to Believe In: Politics, Professionalism, and Cause Lawyering.” In Leading Works on the Legal Profession, 1st ed., Routledge, …
Batesmith & McEvoy (2025), “‘Closeted’ Cause Lawyering in Authoritarian Cambodia”
Batesmith, Alex, and Kieran McEvoy. “‘Closeted’ Cause Lawyering in Authoritarian Cambodia.” Law & Society Review 59 (2025): 463–495. doi:10.1017/lsr.2025.29. In this article, the authors analyze how lawyers in Cambodia pursue social justice, human rights, …
Mather & Levin (2022). “When and Why Do Lawyer Organizations Seek to Influence Law?”
Mather, Lynn and Levin, Leslie C., When and Why Do Lawyer Organizations Seek to Influence Law? (2022). Lawyers in 21st Century Societies: Volume 2 (2022), University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper …
Khalil (2024). “This Country has Laws”: Legalism as a Tool of Entrenching Autocracy in Egypt.
Khalil, H. M. (2024). “This Country has Laws”: Legalism as a Tool of Entrenching Autocracy in Egypt. American Behavioral Scientist, 68(12), 1597-1615. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642241267936 (Original work published 2024) This article investigates the role of legalism …
Cummings (2025). “The Autocratic Legal Playbook”.
Cummings, Scott L., The Autocratic Legal Playbook (August 14, 2025). UCLA Law Review, Forthcoming, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 25-31, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5392409 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5392409 This Article examines the development and rapid innovation …
Batesmith & McEvoy. (2025). “Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia.
Batesmith, A., & McEvoy, K. (2025). “Closeted” cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia. Law & Society Review, 59(3), 463–495. doi:10.1017/lsr.2025.29 Using Cambodia as a case study, this article examines cause lawyering in a repressive political environment. It focuses …