Access to civil justice is a perspective on the experiences that people have with civil justice
events, organizations, or institutions. It focuses on who is able or willing to use civil law and …

Can authoritarian regimes use democratic institutions to strengthen and solidify their rule?
The Chinese government has legislated some of the most protective workplace laws in the …

Lawyers keep the gates of public justice institutions, particularly through their roles in formal
procedures like hearings and trials. Yet, it is not clear what lawyers do in such …

This article critically examines the development of legal consciousness among legal aid
plaintiffs in Shanghai. It is based on 16 months of research at a large legal aid center and in …

A qualitative shift is underway in the nature of labor protest in China. Contrary to prior
literature that characterized strikes as being largely defensive in nature, the authors suggest …

This article uses the case of Chinese lawyers, their professional troubles, and their coping
strategies to build on and develop the concept of political embeddedness. Data from a first …

Gerry Handley faced years of blatant race-based harassment before he filed a complaint
against his employer: racist jokes, signs reading “KKK” in his work area, and even questions …

Chinese pollution victims have increasingly started to resort to political and legal action to
protect their interests. This paper analyzes such activism by studying how citizens identify …

This chapter problematises professional becoming through an examination of two principal
concepts–'becoming'and 'professional–'which underpin the chapters in this interdisciplinary …

More than a decade ago, before globalization became a buzzword, Yves Dezalay and
Bryant G. Garth established themselves as leading analysts of how that process has shaped …