Fighting for Political Freedom : Comparative Studies of the Legal Complex and Political Liberalism (Hardcover)

1. The Legal Complex and Struggles for Political Liberalism Terence C Halliday, Lucien Karpik and Malcolm M Feeley Part One: Asia 2. Law and the Liberal Transformation of the Northeast Asian Legal Complex in Korea and Taiwan Tom Ginsburg 3. Birth of a Liberal Moment? Looking Through a One-Way Mirror at Lawyers' Defence of Criminal Defendants in China Terence C Halliday and Sida Liu 4.'Dissolving the People': Capitalism, Law and Democracy in Hong Kong Carol Jones 5. The State, Civil Society, and the Legal Complex in Modern Japan: Continuity and Change Malcolm M Feeley and Setsuo Miyazawa Part Two: Middle East 6. Mobilising the Law in an Authoritarian State: The Legal Complex in Contemporary Egypt Tamir Moustafa 7. Reluctantly Sailing Towards Political Liberalism: The Political Role of the Judiciary in Turkey Zuhtu Arslan 8. The Ambivalent Language of Lawyers in Israel: Liberal Politics, Economic Liberalism, Silence and Dissent Gad Barzilai Part Three: The Americas 9. The Legal Complex and the Response to Police Violence in South America Daniel M Brinks 10. When the 'Political Complex' takes the Lead: The Configuration of a Moderate State in Chile Javier A Couso 11. Lawyers and Political Liberalism in Venezuela Rogelio Perez Perdomo 12. Contesting Legality in the United States after September 11 Richard L Abel Part Four: Europe 13. Politicising Law to Liberalise Politics: Anti-Francoist Judges and Prosecutors in Spain's Democratic Transition Lisa Hilbink 14. Lawyers and Statist Liberalism in Italy Carlo Guarnieri Postscript 15. Political Lawyers Lucien Karpik