| Lawyers of the Right: Professionalizing the Conservative Coalition Contributor(s): Southworth, Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226768333 ISBN-13: 9780226768335 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - Law | Legal Profession - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism |
| Dewey: 344.73 |
| LCCN: 2008012926 |
| Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, Lawyers of the Right explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups--social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates--that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party. Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy lawyers who represent conservative and libertarian nonprofit organizations, Ann Southworth explores their values and identities and traces the implications of their shared interest in promoting political strategies that give lawyers leading roles. She goes on to illuminate the function of mediator organizations--such as the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy--that have succeeded in promoting cooperation among different factions of conservative lawyers. Such cooperation, she finds, has aided efforts to drive law and the legal profession politically rightward and to give lawyers greater prominence in the conservative movement. Southworth concludes, though, that tensions between the conservative law movement's elite and populist elements may ultimately lead to its undoing. |