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Cause lawyering and the state in a global era [electronic resource] / edited by Austin Sarat & Stuart Scheingold.
Contributor(s): Sarat, Austin
| Scheingold, Stuart A.Series: Oxford socio-legal studies: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: 1 online resource (xi, 417 p.).ISBN: 9780199871391 (ebook) :; 0199871396 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Public interest law | Lawyers | National state | GlobalizationAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780195141177DDC classification: 340.1'15 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.