Crisis Lawyering : : Effective Legal Advocacy in Emergency Situations / / ed. by Ray Brescia, Eric K. Stern.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Christopher,; Ahmad, Muneer I.,; Azmy, Baher,; Bettinger-López, Caroline,; Brescia, Ray,; Carlberg, Ella,; Huertas-Noble, Carmen,; Johnson, Nora,; Kieserman, Brad,; Lopez, Christy E.,; Marshall, John Travis,; McCraw, David E.,; Mårtensson, Per- Åke,; Pinner, Richard,; Risser-Lovings, Missy,; Rogerson, Sarah,; Schlegel, Torkel,; Stein, Eleanor,; Stern, Eric K.,; Sullivan, Jay,; Turetsky, David S.,; Wang, Lee,; Westfahl, Scott,; Wilson, Brian,; Wishnie, Michael J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Brescia, Ray,; Stern, Eric K.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Shines a light on the emerging field of law dedicated to responding to and resolving the crises of the twenty-first centuryIn an increasingly globalized world, a complex and interlocking web of nations, governments, non-state actors, laws, and rules affect human behavior. When crisis hits—whether th...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction: Lawyers as Problem- Solvers in Crisis
• Part I: Beyond the Familiar and the Imperative of Creativity
• 1. A Client’s Crisis Becomes a Legal Crisis: A Domestic Violence Ruling Goes Global
• 2. Crisis Lawyering in a Lawless Space: Reflections on Nearly Two Decades of Representing Guantánamo Detainees
• 3. Responding to the (Dual) Policing Crisis in Ferguson
• 4. When Crisis Comes to the Newsroom: The Media Lawyer in a Time of Global Unrest
• 5. Crisis in the Courts: The Campaign to Get ICE Out of New York State Courts
• 6. Preparation, Crisis, Struggle, Ideas: The Birth of the Detention Outreach Project
• Part II: Crisis and Systemic Contexts
• 7. Key Considerations for Lawyers Shepherding Communities through Long- Term Recovery from Major Disasters
• 8. Judging and Mediating for the “Long Emergency”: Superstorm Sandy, New York State’s Regulatory Response to the Climate Change Crisis, and Reforming the Energy Vision
• 9. Litigation for the Homeless in the 1980s: A Look Back
• 10. Scaling Worker Cooperatives as an Economic Justice Tool for Communities in Crises
• 11. The Crisis Comes Once a Year: Lawyering on Election Day
• Part III: Beyond Borders and Silos
• 12. Bordering on Crisis: Overcoming Multiagency Crisis Coordination Challenges
• 13. Legal Advice in Crisis Training for Government Lawyers: Perspectives from the United States and Sweden
• Part IV: Educating and Skill- Building
• 14. Call Air Traffic Control! Confronting Crisis as Lawyers and Teachers
• 15. Leveraging Lawyers’ Strengths and Training Them to Support Team Problem- Solving Under Crisis Conditions
• 16. Stay Calm and Carry On: How to Stay on Point When in a Crisis
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Index