Tagged: institutionalized racism in Hollywood

“Almost by definition, the precise client in a public interest lawsuit is hard to determine. If the private attorney general speaks for the public, then it would seem that the public is the true client—or that no one in particular is the client. The term deflects attention away from the precise rights or particular interests of the moving party, encouraging instead a focus on the general claims about ‘the law’ or ‘the issue’ which the lawsuit raises.”

Source: Jeremy A. Rabkin, The Secret Life of the Private Attorney General, Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 61, pg. 181. 1998.