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 Conservative Legal Movement" reveals the
formidable challenges that conservatives faced in competing with
legal liberalism. Steven Teles 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. He explains
how foundations and groups promoting conservative ideas built a
network designed to dislodge legal liberalism from American elite
institutions. And he portrays the reality, not of a grand strategy
masterfully pursued, but of individuals and political entrepreneurs
learning from trial and error.
Using previously unavailable materials from the Olin
Foundation, Federalist Society, Center for Individual Rights,
Institute for Justice, and Law and Economics Center, "The Rise of
the Conservative Legal Movement" provides an unprecedented look at
the inner life of the conservative movement. Lawyers, historians,
sociologists, political scientists, and activists seeking to learn
from the conservative experience in the law will find it compelling
reading.
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