Cause Lawyers and Social Movements

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The editors' introduction indicates that the book examines under what circumstances cause lawyers in social movements move from an elitist, professional ideology privileging litigation, to a political, activist, or grassroots one that challenges traditional definitions of professionalism. The editors include a wide range of compelling empirical case studies on social movements from both sides of the political spectrum-including gay and lesbian rights, consumer rights, the prolife movement, and environmental justice.

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Cause Lawyers and Social Movements

Cause Lawyers and Social Movements. By Austin Sarat and Stuart A. Scheingold. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006. Pp. x+341. $29.95 paper.

This collection is the fourth edited volume on cause lawyering that Sarat and Scheingold have co-produced. Given that the...

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