Cause lawyers and social movements / edited by Austin Sarat and Stuart A. Scheingold.

Other author Sarat, Austin.
Other author Scheingold, Stuart A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, CA : Stanford Law and Politics,
Descriptionx, 341p. 24 cm.
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Contents Retrenchment...and resurgence? mapping the changing context of movement lawyering in the United States / Michael McCann and Jeffrey Dudas -- The profession, the grassroots & the elite : cause lawyering for civil rights and freedom in the direct action era / Thomas Hilbink -- Cause lawyers in the first wave of same sex marriage litigation / Scott Barclay and Shauna Fisher -- Cause lawyering and political advocacy : moving law on behalf of Central American refugees / Susan Bilder Coutin -- Consumer cause lawyering in the United States : lawyers for the movement or a movement unto themselves? / Stephen Meili -- To lead with law : reassessing the influence of legal advocacy organizations in social movements / Sandra R. Levitsky -- Social movement strategies and the participatory potential of litigation / Anna-Maria Marshall -- The haves come out ahead : how cause lawyers frame the legal system for movements / Lynn Jones -- In legal culture, but not of it : the role of cause lawyers in evangelical legal mobilization / Kevin R. Den Dulk.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005036242
ISBN0804753601 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN080475361X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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