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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      17 March 2023
      09 March 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009180481
      9781009180474
      9781009180498
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009180481
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.42kg, 182 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.272kg, 181 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, Law, Asian Studies, South-East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, Law, Asian Studies, South-East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    Why do some people invoke the law (or resist it) as a way to solve their problems and achieve more stability in life, only to end up in another challenging and uncertain situation? This book offers an original understanding of the important, but understudied, paradoxical effects of law on the survival strategies of Vietnamese people who are caught to live and work in precarious circumstances. It demonstrates how precarity influences the way people perceive, engage with, or resist the law; yet law, at the same time, creates and reinforces such a condition. Understanding the mutually reinforcing relationship between law and precarity sheds a new light on the way law enables individuals to better their condition but ultimately makes matters worse rather than better. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of law and society, political economy, anthropology, and Asian studies.

    Awards

    Honorable Mention, 2024 Distinguished Book Award, Asian Law and Society Association

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