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BL
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961363
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b715733
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Southworth, Ann.
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| Title & Author
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Lawyers of the right : : professionalizing the conservative coalition /\ Ann Southworth.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Chicago series in law and society
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1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0226768368
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: 1282240072
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: 6612240075
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: 9780226768366
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: 9781282240070
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: 9786612240072
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0226768333
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0226768341
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9780226768335
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9780226768342
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-239) and index.
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| Contents
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The creation of an infrastructure for conservative legal advocacy -- Divided constituencies and their lawyers -- Professional identity -- How much common ground? -- Mediator organizations : the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society -- What's law got to do with it?
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| Abstract
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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 politic.
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Cause lawyers-- United States.
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Conservatism-- United States.
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Lawyers-- Political activity-- United States.
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Cause lawyers.
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Conservatism.
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Konservativismus
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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Lawyers-- Political activity.
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Rechtsanwalt
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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344.73
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KF299.P8S66 2008eb
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