Hete Deal Cause Lawyering Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities – Austin Sarat

Why do some lawyers devote themselves to a given social movement or political cause? How are such deeds of individual commitment and personal belief justly executed, given the ideals of disinterested professional service to which lawyers are (in theory, at least) supposed to adhere? What can we learn from such lawyers about the relationship between law and politics?
Cause Lawyering is a wise and varied collection of responses to these questions, featuring a number of distinguished legal scholars concerned w…