Law and Precarity: Legal Consciousness and Daily Survival in Vietnam

by Tu Phuong Nguyen

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009180479
• ISBN13: 9781009180474
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"