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Recapturing The Spirit Of Furman: The American Bar Association And The New Abolitionist Politics, Austin Sarat
Recapturing The Spirit Of Furman: The American Bar Association And The New Abolitionist Politics, Austin Sarat
Law and Contemporary Problems
Sarat locates the American Bar Association's call for a moratorium on executions in the context of modern abolitionist politics. New abolitionism links anti-death penalty work with a broader civil rights agenda.
High-Level, “Tenured” Lawyers, Thomas W. Merrill
High-Level, “Tenured” Lawyers, Thomas W. Merrill
Law and Contemporary Problems
Civil service lawyers have rights similar to tenured professors and are utilized to identify and evaluate the most plausible justifications for using tenured lawyers to perform high-level tasks within the executive branch.
The President As Client And The Ethics Of The President’S Lawyers, Nelson Lund
The President As Client And The Ethics Of The President’S Lawyers, Nelson Lund
Law and Contemporary Problems
The ethics and control of politically appointed lawyers are discussed.
The Internal Relations Of Government: Cautionary Tales From Inside The Black Box, Peter L. Strauss
The Internal Relations Of Government: Cautionary Tales From Inside The Black Box, Peter L. Strauss
Law and Contemporary Problems
Strauss attempts to explore some of the problems evinced by difficult government attorneys' relations in dealing with other government agenicies.
Lawyers In Congress, John C. Yoo
Lawyers In Congress, John C. Yoo
Law and Contemporary Problems
The role of congressional lawyers is discussed.
The Senate And House Counsel Offices: Dilemmas Of Representing In Court The Institutional Congressional Client, Charles Tiefer
The Senate And House Counsel Offices: Dilemmas Of Representing In Court The Institutional Congressional Client, Charles Tiefer
Law and Contemporary Problems
Two clusters of issues regarding institutional representation of Congress are examined.
The Role Of The Attorney-Adviser In The U.S. Department Of State: Institutional Arrangements And Structural Imperatives, Michael K. Young
The Role Of The Attorney-Adviser In The U.S. Department Of State: Institutional Arrangements And Structural Imperatives, Michael K. Young
Law and Contemporary Problems
Young provides information about the structural and institutional imperatives that constrain and shape the work of the Attorney-adviser and offers some rudimentary thoughts about what is needed to understand it better.
Lawyers In Agencies: Economics, Social Psychology, And Process, Jonathan R. Macey
Lawyers In Agencies: Economics, Social Psychology, And Process, Jonathan R. Macey
Law and Contemporary Problems
Macey explains the nature of the costs and benefits associated with involving lawyers in the administrative processes of government agencies.
Department Of Justice Litigation: Externalizing Costs And Searching For Subsidies, Nicholas S. Zeppos
Department Of Justice Litigation: Externalizing Costs And Searching For Subsidies, Nicholas S. Zeppos
Law and Contemporary Problems
The ignored questions of Department of Justice compensation, recruitment, and staffing are considered.
The Ethics Of Representing Elected Representatives, Kathleen Clark
The Ethics Of Representing Elected Representatives, Kathleen Clark
Law and Contemporary Problems
Clark attempts to sketch out the work of several different types of legislative lawyers. He suggests that the role of lawyers who work for individual legislators may be similar to that of Executive Branch lawyers.
Foreword, Neal Devins
Foreword, Neal Devins
Law and Contemporary Problems
Devins discusses his own experiences with government lawyers and the contextualization that seems to dominate their experiences and work.
Hell, Handbaskets, And Government Lawyers: The Duty Of Loyalty And Its Limits, Michael Stokes Paulsen
Hell, Handbaskets, And Government Lawyers: The Duty Of Loyalty And Its Limits, Michael Stokes Paulsen
Law and Contemporary Problems
Paulsen provides an autobiographical and a conjectural account of cases of personal and professional dilemmas of government lawyers.
The Solicitor General And The Interests Of The United States, David A. Strauss
The Solicitor General And The Interests Of The United States, David A. Strauss
Law and Contemporary Problems
Strauss examines the institutional and administration approach to the issue of the Solicitor General's involvement in legal questions not directly involving the federal government.
Creating Law At The Securities And Exchange Commission: The Lawyer As Prosecutor, Roberta S. Karmel
Creating Law At The Securities And Exchange Commission: The Lawyer As Prosecutor, Roberta S. Karmel
Law and Contemporary Problems
Karmel discusses the role of the SEC prosecutor in the context of the ethical obligations of a government lawyer when expanding the SEC's authority through the development of new legal theories.
“For The United States”: Government Lawyers In Court, Patricia M. Wald
“For The United States”: Government Lawyers In Court, Patricia M. Wald
Law and Contemporary Problems
Wald provides a largely impressionistic view of governmental layering in court.
Lawyers And Policymakers In Government, Peter H. Schuck
Lawyers And Policymakers In Government, Peter H. Schuck
Law and Contemporary Problems
Schuck discusses the conflicts in policymaking that occurred between the office of the ASPE (Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation) and the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph A. Califano. Califano believed that only lawyers were fit policymakers and everyone else was a mere technician.
United States Attorneys — Whom Shall They Serve?, H. W. Perry Jr.
United States Attorneys — Whom Shall They Serve?, H. W. Perry Jr.
Law and Contemporary Problems
Perry examines the fidelity of US Attorneys in a new light and provides a way to consider them more broadly.
Reallocating Interpretive Criminal-Lawmaking Power Within The Executive Branch, Dan M. Kahan
Reallocating Interpretive Criminal-Lawmaking Power Within The Executive Branch, Dan M. Kahan
Law and Contemporary Problems
A strategy for regaining control of federal criminal law, the reallocation of interpretive criminal law-making power within the Executive Branch, is discussed.
The Role Of Government Attorneys In Regulatory Agency Rulemaking, Thomas O. Mcgarity
The Role Of Government Attorneys In Regulatory Agency Rulemaking, Thomas O. Mcgarity
Law and Contemporary Problems
The many roles that agency lawyers can play in the internal processes of developing proposed rules and responding to public comments on those rules are discussed.
Independent Counsel And Vigorous Investigation And Prosecution, William Michael Treanor
Independent Counsel And Vigorous Investigation And Prosecution, William Michael Treanor
Law and Contemporary Problems
Two completed investigations into allegations of presidential wrongdoing, Watergate and Iran-Contra, are examined and the offices of Independent Counselor and Special Prosecutor are discussed.
The Secret Life Of The Private Attorney General, Jeremy A. Rabkin
The Secret Life Of The Private Attorney General, Jeremy A. Rabkin
Law and Contemporary Problems
The role of the private attorney general is discussed along with the history of the office.