Cause lawyering

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The term cause lawyering comes from the American social sciences . It was significantly shaped by Austin Sarat and Stuart Scheingold. In the literature on cause lawyering, microsociological studies that inquire into the motivations, political views and careers of lawyers predominate . Christas Boukalas understands cause lawyering to mean the dispute between lawyers and social and political processes. Daniel Kremers uses cause lawyering to refer to the targeted public processing of a legally relevant matter (cause) by lawyers accompanying the legal counsel for the persons affected by this matter.

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Individual evidence

  1. Austin Sarat, Stuart apparent Gold: Cause lawyering and the State in a Global Era . Ed .: Austin Sarat, Stuart Scheingold. Oxford 2001, ISBN 978-0-19-514117-7 , doi : 10.1093 / 0195141172.001.0001 (English).
  2. Christos Boukalas: Politics as Legal Action / Lawyers as Political Actors: Towards a Reconceptualization of Cause Lawyering . In: Social & Legal Studies . tape 22 , no. 3 , 2013, doi : 10.1177 / 0964663912471552 (English).
  3. ^ Daniel Kremers: A Struggle for Law: Cause Lawyering for the Interests of Temporary Migrant Workers in Japan . In: Moritz Bälz (Ed.): Journal for Japanese Law . Special issue 9. Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne 2018 ( zjapanr.de [PDF]).
  4. ^ Daniel Kremers: Transnational Migrant Advocacy From Japan: Tipping the Scales in the Policy-making Process . In: Pacific Affairs . tape 87 , no. 4 , 2014, doi : 10.5509 / 2014874715 ( ubc.ca ).