The Politics of Rights: Lawyers, Public Policy, and Political Change

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THE POLITICS OF RIGHTS Lawyers, Public Policy, and Political Change Second Edition STUART A. SCHEINGOLD With a Foreword by Malcolm M. Feeley THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2004 First published in 1974 by Yale University Press All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 2007 2006 2005 2004 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scheingold, Stuart A. The politics of rights : lawyers, public policy, and political change / Stuart A. Scheingold ; with a foreword by Malcolm M. Feeley — 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-472-03005-1 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Civil rights—Political aspects—United States. 2. Civil rights— Social aspects—United States. 3. Lawyers—United States. 4. Social change. 5. Law and politics. I. Title. KF4749.S32 2004 342.7308’5—dc22 2004044000 ISBN13 978-0-472-03005-7 (paper) ISBN13 978-0-472-02553-4 (electronic) For Thres and Pat, My Mom and Dad ...