Cause lawyering and the state in a global era
Cause lawyering and the state in a global era [electronic resource] /
edited by Austin Sarat & Stuart Scheingold.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- 1 online resource (xi, 417 p.).
- Oxford socio-legal studies .
- Oxford socio-legal studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cause lawyering is law as practised by the politically motivated and those devoted to moral activism. This text examines the concept in a global context, exploring ways in which it influences and is influenced by the disaggregation of state power associated with democratization, and how democratization empowers lawyers who want to effect change.
9780199871391 (ebook) : No price 0199871396 (ebook) : No price
Public interest law.
Lawyers.
National state.
Globalization.
K118.P82
340.1'15
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cause lawyering is law as practised by the politically motivated and those devoted to moral activism. This text examines the concept in a global context, exploring ways in which it influences and is influenced by the disaggregation of state power associated with democratization, and how democratization empowers lawyers who want to effect change.
9780199871391 (ebook) : No price 0199871396 (ebook) : No price
Public interest law.
Lawyers.
National state.
Globalization.
K118.P82
340.1'15