Something to believe in : politics, professionalism, and cause lawyering /

Something to believe in : politics, professionalism, and cause lawyering /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Scheingold, Stuart A.
Imprint:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2004.
Description:	x, 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Public interest law -- United States. Practice of law -- Political aspects -- United States. Practice of law -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects. Cause lawyers. Practice of law -- Moral and ethical aspects. Practice of law -- Political aspects. Public interest law. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5519816

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Other authors / contributors:	Sarat, Austin.
ISBN:	0804749477 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-167) and index.

Table of Contents:

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 comparative and global perspective.