Scheingold, Stuart A.

Something to believe in : politics, professionalism, and cause lawyering / Stuart A. Scheingold and Austin Sarat. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2004. - x, 182 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-167) and index.

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.

0804749477 (alk. paper) RM140.70


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.