TY - JOUR
T1 - Tunisia's "Revolutionary" Lawyers
T2 - From Professional Autonomy to Political Mobilization
AU - Gobe, Eric
AU - Salaymeh, Lena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Bar Foundation.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - On January 14, 2011, after twenty-three years in power and one month of popular protest demanding his resignation, President Ben Ali fled Tunisia. Lawyers, wearing their official robes, had marched frequently in the uprising's demonstrations. By engaging with and supporting the uprising, lawyers-both the profession in general and the bar's leadership-gained considerable symbolic influence over the post-uprising government that replaced Ben Ali's regime. This article outlines the various forms of political lawyering undertaken by Tunisian lawyers and their professional associations from Tunisia's independence to post-uprising transitions. We demonstrate that economic concerns, professional objectives, and civic professionalism contributed to the collective action of Tunisian lawyers before and after the uprising. Tunisian lawyers moved beyond the realm of their profession to adopt a role as overseers of the post-uprising government.
AB - On January 14, 2011, after twenty-three years in power and one month of popular protest demanding his resignation, President Ben Ali fled Tunisia. Lawyers, wearing their official robes, had marched frequently in the uprising's demonstrations. By engaging with and supporting the uprising, lawyers-both the profession in general and the bar's leadership-gained considerable symbolic influence over the post-uprising government that replaced Ben Ali's regime. This article outlines the various forms of political lawyering undertaken by Tunisian lawyers and their professional associations from Tunisia's independence to post-uprising transitions. We demonstrate that economic concerns, professional objectives, and civic professionalism contributed to the collective action of Tunisian lawyers before and after the uprising. Tunisian lawyers moved beyond the realm of their profession to adopt a role as overseers of the post-uprising government.
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U2 - 10.1111/lsi.12154
DO - 10.1111/lsi.12154
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AN - SCOPUS:84945398838
SN - 0897-6546
VL - 41
SP - 311
EP - 345
JO - Law and Social Inquiry
JF - Law and Social Inquiry
IS - 2
ER -