Cause Lawyering: Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities

by Stuart A. Scheingold

Book Overview

Why do some lawyers devote themselves to a given social movement or political cause? How are such deeds of individual commitment and personal belief justly executed, given the ideals of disinterested professional service to which lawyers are (in theory, at least) supposed to adhere? What can we learn from such lawyers about the relationship between law and politics?
Cause Lawyering is a wise and varied collection of responses to these questions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195113209
• ISBN13: 9780195113204
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"