Elite Privilege and Public Interest Lawyering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12073410 |
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| Authors | Susan D Carle (0000-0002-1086-5046, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 153-155 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law and History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0738-2480 • E-ISSN: 1939-9022 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/744158 |
| OpenAlex | W2114698134 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
I was delighted to receive David Wilkins's kind comments about my article. Wilkins provides a cogent and pithy analysis of the relationship between the public interest and elite corporate bars. In so doing, he uses my article as a springboard for proposing a thesis more ambitious and general than mine, involving several propositions concerning what he terms the “odd alliance” and “enduring relationship” between elite corporate and public interest lawyers. Wilkins states that this alliance is related to: (1) the similar class origins of these two kinds of lawyers; (2) public interest lawyers' tendency to target defendants who do not threaten the interests of corporate lawyers' powerful clients; and (3) the class interests of the elite bar in bolstering an image of the legal profession as devoted to the pursuit of justice. On all of these topics, I have many points of agreement with Wilkins. I do, however, perceive some differences, which I will very briefly sketch in the limited space allotted me here
Alliance · Class (philosophy · Economic Justice · Elite · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Public interest · Public relations · Sketch · Sociology · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation
| Highly cited | No |
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