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Public Interest Law Groups Institutional Profiles

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By Karen O'Connor and Lee Epstein

ISBN: 0-313-24787-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-24787-3

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278 pages, appendix, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/26/1989

List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Series Title: Greenwood Reference Volumes on American Public Policy Formation

Reviews:

. . . Overall, this directory is a well-written, timely, and long-needed legal resource which would prove beneficial to public, academic, and law library collections.
—Reference Quarterly
The work is well written and carefully edited. It brings together information on many groups that is not easily accessible to the lay reader. In this day of rampant litigation, it should be very useful to academic, public, and many special libraries.
—ARBA

Description: In recent years, public interest law has shifted from an exclusive interest in the expansion of rights in such areas as consumer protection, environmental law, and discrimination to a parallel concern with seeking limits to freedoms and rights in both the public and private sector. In addition, public interest law firms have introduced diversified litigation strategies that were uncommon even a decade ago. This volume is the only comprehensive work to reflect these recent changes in the complexion and strategies of public interest litigation. Following an introduction describing the major shifts that have occurred in public advocacy, the authors present over 300 profiles of firms, groups, and organizations that litigate in behalf of the public interest and/or use the courts to achieve policy ends. Organizations surveyed include groups that focus on the protection of special interests, rights, or resources and those that offer legal aid in diverse areas, as well as legal organizations such as the American Bar Association. Among the areas of concern are the advancement of science in the public interest, conservation, consumer interests, abortion, constitutional and civil rights, and the rights of groups ranging from the elderly, women, children, and the handicapped to American Indians and other minorities. Additional groups and significant public interest cases are listed at the end of the book. An important source of information for those wishing more data on a particular group or the scope of today's public interest litigation, this book is recommended for legal, public, and academic library reference collections.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Public Interest Law Groups
Appendix: Dictionary of Additional Public Interest Law Groups
Appendix: Survey Questionnaire
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 88-37382

LCC Class: KF299

Dewey Class: 349.73


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