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Lawyers of the right : professionalizing the conservative coalition / Ann Southworth.
LIBRA KF299.P8 S66 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Southworth, Ann.
- Series:
- Chicago series in law and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cause lawyers--United States.
- Cause lawyers.
- Lawyers--Political activity--United States.
- Lawyers.
- Lawyers--Political activity.
- United States.
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, Lawyers of the Right explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups-social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates-that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party.
- Contents:
- The creation of an infrastructure for conservative legal advocacy
- Divided constituencies and their lawyers
- Professional identity
- How much common ground?
- Mediator organizations : the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society
- What's law got to do with it?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226768335
- 0226768333
- 9780226768342
- 0226768341
- OCLC:
- 214322807
- Online:
- Publisher description
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