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Something to believe in : politics, professionalism, and cause lawyering / Stuart A. Scheingold and Austin Sarat.
Van Pelt Library KF299.P8 S334 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scheingold, Stuart A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public interest law--United States.
- Public interest law.
- Practice of law--Political aspects.
- Practice of law.
- United States.
- Practice of law--Political aspects--United States.
- Practice of law--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Practice of law--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2004.
- Summary:
- " This superb new book . . . is a rich synthesis of several decades of research on cause lawyers and cause lawyering. . . . [It] is a must-read for all scholars and students interested in cause lawyers and the intersection between law and politics in the U.S." - The Law and Politics Book Review " Scheingold and Sarat have produced an excellent synthesis of the existing research on cause lawyers and lawyering. They have done us all a great service in writing this new book." - Law and Politics Book Review
- Contents:
- Cause lawyering and conventional lawyering : professional and political perspectives
- Cause lawyering, civic professionalism, and the organized legal profession : a brief history
- Beating the odds : cause lawyering and legal education
- Careers in cause lawyering : risks and rewards
- Cause lawyers and liberal democracy : on the possibilities of democratic advocacy
- Conclusion: cause lawyering in comparative and global perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804749477
- OCLC:
- 54931581
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