Legal Resistance to Autocracy: The Global Fight to Save Democracy, recently published by Routledge, brings together leading scholars to examine how legal institutions, legal professionals, and civil society actors have responded to democratic backsliding and authoritarian consolidation across a wide range of national contexts.
The volume features contributions from several researchers associated with the Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL) and its broader network of collaborators. Covering cases from Brazil, India, South Africa, Hungary, Israel, Russia, China, and the United States, it offers a comparative perspective on the possibilities and limits of legal resistance in contemporary democracies.
The book was developed within the Global Resistance to Authoritarian Diffusion (GRAD) consortium, one of PAL’s Related Initiatives. By examining how legal actors respond to authoritarian challenges across different jurisdictions, the volume complements PAL’s research agenda on autocratic legalism and the defense of constitutional democracy.
Additional information about the book, including the table of contents and ordering details, is available on the Routledge website.