Lawyers and Hong Kong’s democracy movement
From Electoral Politics to Civil Disobedience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Man Yee Karen Lee (0000-0002-2138-0845, Department of Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-108 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185377.2017.1307121 |
| OpenAlex | W2604458840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 35 |
Research on Hong Kong lawyers has so far focused on their internal differences and the rise of cause lawyering. Not much has been done on their role in promoting political liberalism. This paper fills a gap by reviewing the history of lawyers' political activism before and after Hong Kong's sovereignty shifted from a liberal-colonial to an authoritarian regime in 1997. It argues, first, that Hong Kong's post-colonial constitutionalized politics and prolonged democratic deficit have given the legal complex—which includes lawyers and also increasingly legal academics—a key role in its pro-democracy movement, and second, critical political junctures have driven activist lawyers to use various means, from electoral politics to civil disobedience, to defend the rule of law and Hong Kong's tortuous democratization
Authoritarianism · Civil disobedience · Democracy · Democratization · Liberalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Popular sovereignty · Sociology · Sovereignty · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |