Sarat, Austin 1947- editor Scheingold, Stuart A. 1931- editor text bibliography cau Stanford, CA Stanford Law and Politics 2006 monographic eng x, 341 pages ; 23 cm. This book is a scholarly collection that explores how cause lawyers—legal professionals who engage in social justice or political advocacy—interact with and influence social movements. It brings together empirical studies and theoretical analysis to examine the dynamic, and sometimes uneasy, relationship between law, lawyers, and activism. 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. edited by Austin Sarat and Stuart A. Scheingold. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Cause lawyers United States Abogados Estados Unidos Social movements United States Movimientos sociales Estados Unidos Protección de los derechos humanos KF 299 C374 2006 344.73 080475361X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780804753616 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2005036242 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036242.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2005036242-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2005036242-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036242.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2005036242-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2005036242-d.html DLC 051212 20260616125842.0 14196889 eng