Legal mobilisation

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Legal mobilisation is the employment of legal processes and resources by activist groups or individuals in order to achieve specific social and political outcomes. [1] [2] It is a form of social mobilisation that focuses on successfully pleading strategic litigation cases before the courts. [3] [4]

Contents

The mobilisation of the law may involve multiple stakeholders, including advocacy groups, marginalised communities, non-governmental organisations, independent government agencies, and lawyers. [5]

Definition

An early definition of legal mobilisation by Frances Kahen Zemans describes the law as being mobilised when "a desire or want is translated into a demand as an assertion of one's rights". [6]

Process

Legislative activity creates an opportunity for legal mobilization. The courts become particularly relevant when petitioners have grounds to file suit. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vanhala, Lisa (November 2011). "Legal Mobilization" . Political Science. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199756223-0031 . ISBN   9780199756223 . Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. ↑ odi.org. "The politics of legal empowerment: legal mobilisation strategies and implications for development". odi.org. publications/8485-legal-empowerment-mobilisation. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Pettinicchio, David (February 4, 2013). "The When, Why, and How of Legal Mobilization". Mobilizing Ideas. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Colling, Trevor (June 2009). Marginson, Paul (ed.). "Court in a trap? Legal Mobilisation by Trade Unions in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations. 91. Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom: Industrial Relation s Research Unit University of Warwick Coventry. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Cotula, Lorenzo (1 Jan 2007). Legal Empowerment for Local Resource Control: Securing Local Resource Rights Within Foreign Investment Projects in Africa. IIED, 2007. p. 48. ISBN   9781843696674 . Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Zemans, Frances (Sep 1983). "Legal Mobilization: The Neglected Role of the Law in the Political System". The American Political Science Review. 77 (3). USA: American Political Science Association: 690–703. doi:10.2307/1957268. JSTOR   1957268. S2CID   147561468.


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