SOC475H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Civil Society, Judicial Independence
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Artisans : lawyers then practiced law and make money, but they lost this spokesperson role. Criminal defense in china: study is about trying to understand how criminal defense lawyers do their work and mobilize. Progressive elites highly political, and have high prestige and liberal status. Political activists highly liberal but they are not embedded, they are the risky practitioners, they do a lot of things to challenge the state, but they are not protected. Pragmatic brokers have a lot of connections, use their connections for economic gain, do not want to mobilize. Routine practitioners practice law for a living, as a way to make money to provide for their family. Law: representing high-profile corrupt officials and other hard cases, how can they be so liberal if they are so embedded, elite legal education and professional training, wide scope of practice: often handle out-of-town cases and face difficulties.
