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1、P1:KAE9780521884488preCUFX265/Sarat9780521884488December21,200713:19ThispageintentionallyleftblankP1:KAE9780521884488preCUFX265/Sarat9780521884488December21,200713:19THECULTURALLIVESOFCAUSELAWYERSThisbookseekstoilluminatewhatwecalltheculturallivesofcauselawyersbyexaminingtheirrepre
2、sentationinvariouspopularmedia(includingfilm,fiction,mass-marketednonfiction,television,andjournalism),theworktheydoascreatorsofculturalproducts,andthewaythoserepresentationsandproductsarereceivedandconsumedbyvariousaudiences.Byattendingtomediarepresentationsandthecultureworkdonebycau
3、selawyers,wecanseewhatmaterialisavailableforcitizensandotherstouseinfashioningunderstandingsofthoselawyers.Thisbookalsoprovidesavehiclefordeter-miningwhether,how,andtowhatextentcauselawyeringisembeddedinthediscoursesandsymbolicpracticesaroundwhichordinarycitizensorganizetheirunders
4、tandingofsocial,political,andlegallife.Thisbookbringstogetherresearchonthelegalprofessionandworkthattakesuptheanalysisofpopularculture.Contributorsincludescholarsofpopularculturewhoturntheirattentiontocauselawyersandexpertsoncauselawyeringwhointurnfocustheirattentiononpopularcultur
5、e.Thisisajoiningofperspectivesthatisbothlongoverdueandfruitfulforbothkindsofscholarship.AustinSaratisWilliamNelsonCromwellProfessorofJurisprudencePoliticalScienceatAmherstCollegeandFiveCollegeFortiethAnniversaryProfessor.HereceivedhisPhDfromUniversityofWisconsinandJDfromYaleLawScho
6、ol.HeisformerpresidentoftheLawandSocietyAssociationandoftheAssociationfortheStudyoftheLaw,CultureandtheHumanitiesandoftheConsortiumofUndergraduateLawandJusticePrograms.Heisauthororeditorofmorethansixtybooks,includingMercyonTrial:WhatItMeanstoStopanExecution;WhentheStateKills:Capita
7、lPunishmentandtheAmericanCondition;SomethingtoBelievein:Politics,Professionalism,andCauseLawyers(withStuartScheingold);andTheBlackwellCompaniontoLawandSociety.SaratiseditorofthejournalLaw,CultureandtheHumanitiesandofStudiesinLaw,PoliticsandSociety.Hispublicwritinghasappearedinsuchp
8、lacesastheLosAngelesTimesa
