Lawyers and Movements

Legal Mobilization in Transformative Times

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

419 kr

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An innovative approach for understanding how law matters in contemporary social movements that rise to meet the twin challenges of American democracy: promoting liberal values of equality and inclusion, while fortifying the rule of law itself.Fifty years after the Civil Rights Movement, America confronts a new democratic reckoning. What role do-and should-lawyers play in strengthening collective action at this pivotal moment? In Lawyers and Movements, Scott L. Cummings offers an innovative answer to this age-old question, breaking from the legacy of legal liberalism to reveal the essential, yet underappreciated, work of lawyers in social struggle-redefining legal mobilization in transformative times. Building from a sweeping analysis of progressive legal theory and practice, Cummings challenges foundational critiques of lawyers as inaccurate and ill-suited to the current context. In response, he advances a new theory of legal mobilization in which control over law is at the heart of movements rising to meet the twin challenges of contemporary liberalism: promoting inclusion and equity, while fortifying democratic institutions. A call to radically rethink how lawyers contribute to progressive change, Lawyers and Movements asserts a timely challenge to democracy in crisis.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-01-08
Mått156 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor456
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197556603

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Preface Part One. IntroductionONE: Lawyers and Social Movements Now: Critical Traditions and New DirectionsPart Two. Integrated Advocacy: Movements in Progressive Legal PracticeTWO: A History of Lawyers in Social MovementsTHREE: Movement Lawyering in the New Millennium Part Three. Divided Theory: Movements in Progressive Legal ThoughtFOUR: The Law-Politics ProblemFIVE: Legal Liberalism and Its DiscontentsSIX: The Empirical Path of Law and Social MovementsSEVEN: The Promise and Problems of Movement LiberalismPart Four. An Integrated Theory of Lawyers and Social MovementsEIGHT: Division: Fault Lines and Fundamental ProblemsNINE: Synthesis: Integrated Theory for Integrated AdvocacyPart Five. Applying Theory to PracticeTEN: Reframing the Foundational Critiques ELEVEN; Rethinking the Progressive CanonPart Six. ConclusionTWELVE: Past as Future? Reclaiming Legal Liberalism in Illiberal TimesNotesBibliography Index

A sweeping and critical engagement with the legal, political science, and sociology literatures on social movements and law, Lawyers and Movements reveals the synergies and disconnects among theories of law and social change. Scott Cummings develops a new theoretical framework that spans several institutional contexts to offer a richer account of how lawyers participate in social movements." -Catherine Albiston, University of California, Berkeley