Something to believe in
Subtitle: politics, professionalism, and cause lawyering
By: Stuart A. Scheingold and Austin Sarat.
Contributors: Sarat, Austin.
Publisher: Stanford Law and Politics
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Cause lawyers -- United States; Public interest law -- United States; Practice of law -- Political aspects -- United States; Practice of law -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-167) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cause lawyering and conventional lawyering : professional and political perspectives; title: Cause lawyering, civic professionalism, and the organized legal profession : a brief history; title: Beating the odds : cause lawyering and legal education; title: Careers in cause lawyering : risks and rewards; title: Cause lawyers and liberal democracy : on the possibilities of democratic advocacy; title: Conclusion: cause lawyering in comparative and global perspective.