The Cultural Lives of Cause Lawyers

ISBN-13: 9780521884488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 416 str.

Austin Sarat; Stuart Scheingold

Opis

This book examines the cultural lives of cause lawyers by focusing on their representation in various popular media.

Recenzje

'… a series that almost single-handedly, quickly and efficiently helped define, as well as develop, this exciting new field.' International Journal of Law in Context

Spis treści

Part I. The Cultural Work of Cause Lawyers: 1. No sacrifice is too great for the cause!: cause(less) lawyering and the legal trials and tribulations of Gone with the Wind; 2. Purpose driven lawyers: evangelical cause lawyering and the culture war; 3. Cause lawyers and cracker culture at the constructive edge: a 'band of brothers' defeats big tobacco; Part II. The Cultural Construction of Lawyers and Their Causes: 4. 'They all have different policies, so of course they have to give different news': images of human rights lawyers in the British press; 5. Ed Fagan and the ethics of causes: who stole identity politics?; 6. Of windmills and wetlands: the press and the romance of property rights; 7. 'The kids are alright': cause lawyering on television in 1960s America; 8. Nothing to believe in: lawyers in contemporary films about public interest litigation; 9. 'Of course he just stood there; he's the law': two depictions of cause lawyers in post-authoritarian Chile; 10. Paulina Escobar as cause lawyer: 'litigating' human rights in the shadows of Death and the Maiden; Part III. The Cultural Reception of Lawyers and Their Causes: 11. Cause lawyering 'English style': reading Rumpole of the Bailey; 12. Now you see it, now you don't: cause lawyering, popular culture, and a civil action; 13. Not what they expected: legal services lawyers in the eyes of legal services clients.