Raymond Michalowski. “All or Nothing: An Inquiry into the (Im)Possibility of Cause Lawyering under Cuban Socialism.” In Cause Lawyering: Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities. Eds. Austin Sarat and Stuart Scheingold, pp. 523–545. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1998.
This chapter explores whether cause lawyering can exist within Cuba’s socialist legal system, questioning if the typical liberal-democratic model of lawyers prioritizing social causes over client service applies, given the structural and ideological constraints on independent social movements and human rights advocacy in socialist states.