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Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers

By on March 24, 2022

Applying insights from critical legal studies, this issue of Law and Informality Insights explores how informal workers use the law to resolve their disputes with local authorities. Through the author’s personal reflection, the brief explores how we as lawyers can engage in social movement lawyering to advance and realize the rights of informal workers on their own terms.

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Marchiori, Teresa. Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5, , . WIEGO, 2022. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/law-informality-insights-march-2022.pdfMarchiori, T. (2022). Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/law-informality-insights-march-2022.pdfMarchiori, Teresa. "Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers." WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5, WIEGO, 2022, .Marchiori Teresa. "Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers." WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5 (2022). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/law-informality-insights-march-2022.pdfMarchiori, T 2022, 'Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers', WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/law-informality-insights-march-2022.pdfTeresa Marchiori, 'Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers' (2022) WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5 Marchiori T. Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5. 2022. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/law-informality-insights-march-2022.pdfMarchiori, Teresa. Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers. WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 5. 2022. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/law-informality-insights-march-2022.pdf

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