Something to believe in : politics, professionalism, and cause lawyering
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Something to believe in : politics, professionalism, and cause lawyering
Stanford Law and Politics, 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-167) and index
Contents of Works
- 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
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Description
Lawyers in the United States are frequently described as "hired guns," willing to fight for any client and advance any interest. Claiming that their own beliefs are irrelevant to their work, they view lawyering as a technical activity, not a moral or political one.
But there are others, those the authors call cause lawyers, who refuse to put aside their own convictions while they do their legal work. This "deviant" strain of lawyering is as significant as it is controversial, both in the legal profession and in the world of politics. It challenges mainstream ideas of what lawyers should do and of how they should behave.
Human rights lawyers, feminist lawyers, right-to-life lawyers, civil rights and civil liberties lawyers, anti-death penalty lawyers, environmental lawyers, property rights lawyers, anti-poverty lawyers-cause lawyers go by many names, serving many causes. Something to Believe In explores the work that cause lawyers do, the role of moral and political commitment in their practice, their relationships to the organized legal profession, and the contributions they make to democratic politics.
Table of Contents
Contents Acknowledgments 1. Cause Lawyering and Conventional Lawyering: Professional and Political Perspectives 2. Cause Lawyering, Civic Professionalism, and the Organized Legal Profession: A Brief History 3. Beating the Odds: Cause Lawyering and Legal Education 4. Careers in Cause Lawyering: Risks and Rewards 5. Cause Lawyers and Liberal Democracy: On the Possibilities of Democratic Advocacy 6. Conclusion: Cause Lawyering in Compoarative and Global Perspective Notes References Index Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Public interest law United States, Practice of law Political aspects United States, Practice of law United States Moral and ethical aspects
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