The Cultural Lives of Cause Lawyers

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511619786

This book seeks to illuminate what we call the cultural lives of cause lawyers by examining their representation in various popular media (including film, fiction, mass-marketed non-fiction, television, and journalism), the work they do as creators of cultural products, and the way those representations and products are received and consumed by various audiences. By attending to media representations and the culture work done by cause lawyers, we can see what material is available for citizens and others to use in fashioning understandings of those lawyers. This book also provides a vehicle for determining whether, how, and to what extent cause lawyering is embedded in the discourses and symbolic practice around which ordinary citizens organize their understanding of social, political, and legal life. This book brings together research on the legal profession with work that takes up the analysis of popular culture. Contributors to this work include scholars of popular culture who turn their attention to cause lawyers and experts on cause lawyering who in turn focus their attention on popular culture. This is a joining of perspectives that is both long overdue and fruitful for both kinds of scholarship.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
pp vii-viii
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Acknowledgments
pp ix-x
- By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence Political Science, Amherst College and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor, Stuart Scheingold, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington
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Contributors
pp xi-xiv
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Bringing Cultural Analysis to the Study of Cause Lawyers: An Introduction
pp 1-24
- By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence Political Science, Amherst College and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor, Stuart Scheingold, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington
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PART I - THE CULTURAL WORK OF CAUSE LAWYERS
pp 25-26
- By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence Political Science, Amherst College and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor, Stuart Scheingold, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington
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1 - “No sacrifice is too great for the Cause!”: Cause(less) Lawyering and the Legal Trials and Tribulations of Gone With the Wind
pp 27-55
- By William P. MacNeil, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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2 - Purpose-Driven Lawyers: Evangelical Cause Lawyering and the Culture War
pp 56-78
- By Kevin R. den Dulk, Co-author of Religion and Politics in America, Political Science, Grand Valley State University
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3 - Cause Lawyers and Cracker Culture at the Constructive Edge: A “Band of Brothers” Defeats Big Tobacco
pp 79-138
- By Tim Howard, Practicing consumer interest cause lawyer, Northeastern University
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PART II - THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF LAWYERS AND THEIR CAUSES
pp 139-140
- By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence Political Science, Amherst College and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor, Stuart Scheingold, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington
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4 - “They all have different policies, so of course they have to give different news”: Images of Human Rights Lawyers in the British Press
pp 141-171
- By Richard J. Maiman, Fellow, Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex
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5 - Ed Fagan and the Ethics of Causes: Who Stole Identity Politics?
pp 172-187
- By Valerie Karno, English, University of Rhode Island
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6 - Of Windmills and Wetlands: The Press and the Romance of Property Rights
pp 188-202
- By Laura J. Hatcher, Political Science, Southern Illinois University
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7 - “The Kids are Alright”: Cause Lawyering on Television in 1960s America
pp 203-229
- By Thomas M. Hilbink, Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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8 - Nothing to Believe In – Lawyers in Contemporary Films About Public Interest Litigation
pp 230-252
- By Michael McCann, Political Science, Law, Societies and Justice, University of Washington, William Haltom, Political Science, University of Puget Sound
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9 - “Of course he just stood there; he's the law”: Two Depictions of Cause Lawyers in Post-Authoritarian Chile
pp 253-277
- By Stephen Meili, Consumer Law Litigation Clinic, University of Wisconsin Law School
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10 - Paulina Escobar as Cause Lawyer: “Litigating” Human Rights in the Shadows of Death and the Maiden
pp 278-294
- By Ben Fleury-Steiner, Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Aaron Fichtelberg, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
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PART III - THE CULTURAL RECEPTION OF LAWYERS AND THEIR CAUSES
pp 295-296
- By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence Political Science, Amherst College and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor, Stuart Scheingold, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Washington
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11 - Cause Lawyering “English Style”: Reading Rumpole of the Bailey
pp 297-330
- By Leslie J. Moran, School of Law, Birkbeck College
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12 - Now You See It, Now You Don't: Cause Lawyering, Popular Culture, and A Civil Action
pp 331-358
- By Stuart A. Scheingold, Emeritus, Political Science, University of Washington
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13 - Not What They Expected: Legal Services Lawyers in the Eyes of Legal Services Clients
pp 359-388
- By Corey S. Shdaimah, Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Index
pp 389-400
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

Contributors
pp xi-xiv

Bringing Cultural Analysis to the Study of Cause Lawyers: An Introduction
pp 1-24

PART I - THE CULTURAL WORK OF CAUSE LAWYERS
pp 25-26

1 - “No sacrifice is too great for the Cause!”: Cause(less) Lawyering and the Legal Trials and Tribulations of Gone With the Wind
pp 27-55

2 - Purpose-Driven Lawyers: Evangelical Cause Lawyering and the Culture War
pp 56-78

3 - Cause Lawyers and Cracker Culture at the Constructive Edge: A “Band of Brothers” Defeats Big Tobacco
pp 79-138

PART II - THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF LAWYERS AND THEIR CAUSES
pp 139-140

4 - “They all have different policies, so of course they have to give different news”: Images of Human Rights Lawyers in the British Press
pp 141-171

5 - Ed Fagan and the Ethics of Causes: Who Stole Identity Politics?
pp 172-187

6 - Of Windmills and Wetlands: The Press and the Romance of Property Rights
pp 188-202

7 - “The Kids are Alright”: Cause Lawyering on Television in 1960s America
pp 203-229

8 - Nothing to Believe In – Lawyers in Contemporary Films About Public Interest Litigation
pp 230-252

9 - “Of course he just stood there; he's the law”: Two Depictions of Cause Lawyers in Post-Authoritarian Chile
pp 253-277

10 - Paulina Escobar as Cause Lawyer: “Litigating” Human Rights in the Shadows of Death and the Maiden
pp 278-294

PART III - THE CULTURAL RECEPTION OF LAWYERS AND THEIR CAUSES
pp 295-296

11 - Cause Lawyering “English Style”: Reading Rumpole of the Bailey
pp 297-330

12 - Now You See It, Now You Don't: Cause Lawyering, Popular Culture, and A Civil Action
pp 331-358

13 - Not What They Expected: Legal Services Lawyers in the Eyes of Legal Services Clients
pp 359-388

Index
pp 389-400

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