Movement Lawyering in Times of Rising Authoritarianism – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org The Law and Political Economy Project Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:43:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://lpeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-LPE_Favicon_512px_BlackBG-450x450.png Movement Lawyering in Times of Rising Authoritarianism – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org 32 32 Popular Lawyers Resisting the Right-Wing Agenda in Argentina https://lpeproject.org/blog/popular-lawyers-resisting-the-right-wing-agenda-in-argentina/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=10881 This post is part of a symposium on movement lawyering in times of rising authoritarianism, run in collaboration with the Global Network of Movement Lawyers and Movement Law Lab). (Available also in Espanol and Português). ** ** ** Since Javier Milei came to power in December 2023, his government has combined what is now a familiar repertoire for extreme right-wing governments of the “anarcho...

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]]> Seven Perspectives on International Law and Palestinian Liberation https://lpeproject.org/blog/seven-perspectives-on-international-law-and-palestinian-liberation/ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=10908 This post is part of a symposium on movement lawyering in times of rising authoritarianism, run in collaboration with the Global Network of Movement Lawyers and Movement Law Lab). (Available also in Espanol and Português). ** ** ** In Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said posited that the remedy to a culture that preserves and advances imperialism is through the contrapuntal contributions of the...

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]]> Enough! The Spanish Fight to Limit Housing Speculation https://lpeproject.org/blog/enough-the-spanish-fight-to-limit-housing-speculation/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=10862 This post is part of a symposium on movement lawyering in times of rising authoritarianism, run in collaboration with the Global Network of Movement Lawyers and Movement Law Lab). (Available also in Espanol and Português). ** ** ** Under slogans such as “The Canary Islands have a limit,” “Enough! Let’s put limits to tourism,” or “It’s over! Let’s lower the rents,” mass mobilizations have recently...

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]]> Tunisia: A Case Study in Democratic Backsliding https://lpeproject.org/blog/tunisia-a-case-study-in-democratic-backsliding/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=10856 This post is part of a symposium on movement lawyering in times of rising authoritarianism, run in collaboration with the Global Network of Movement Lawyers and Movement Law Lab). (Available also in Espanol and Português). ** ** ** Tunisia was once hailed as a beacon of democratic hope in the Middle East and North Africa region. The country inspired uprisings across the Arab world...

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]]> Movement Lawyering in Times of Rising Authoritarianism https://lpeproject.org/blog/movement-lawyering-in-times-of-rising-authoritarianism/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=10860 This post introduces a symposium on movement lawyering in times of rising authoritarianism, run in collaboration with the Global Network of Movement Lawyers and Movement Law Lab. (Available also in Espanol and Português). ** ** ** With authoritarianism, war, climate disaster, and extreme socio-economic inequality on the rise across much of the world, the conditions for achieving emancipatory...

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