Download or read book Cause Lawyering and the State in a Global Era written by Austin Sarat and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cause lawyering is law as practised by the politically motivated and those devoted to moral activism. This text examines the concept in a global context, exploring ways in which it influences and is influenced by the disaggregation of state power associated with democratization, and how democratization empowers lawyers who want to effect change.