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The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law

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Description for The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law Paperback. Reveals the formidable challenges that conservatives faced in competing with legal liberalism. This title explores how conservative mobilization was shaped by the legal profession, the legacy of the liberal movement, and the difficulties in matching strategic opportunities with effective organizational responses. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 halftones. 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JPFM; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Starting in the 1970s, conservatives learned that electoral victory did not easily convert into a reversal of important liberal accomplishments, especially in the law. As a result, conservatives' mobilizing efforts increasingly turned to law schools, professional networks, public interest groups, and the judiciary--areas traditionally controlled by liberals. Drawing from internal documents, as well as interviews with key conservative figures, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement examines this sometimes fitful, and still only partially successful, conservative challenge to liberal domination of the law and American legal institutions. Unlike accounts that depict the conservatives as fiendishly skilled, The Rise of the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691146256
SKU
V9780691146256
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About Steven M. Teles
Steven M. Teles is associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and a fellow at the New America Foundation.

Reviews for The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law
Winner of the 2009 Joseph J. Spengler Prize for Best Book in the History of Economics, History of Economics Society Co-Winner of the 2009 Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009 "In a terrific new book, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement, professor Steven M. Teles charts the success of ... Read more

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