Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Prologue -- 1. Legal Rights and Political Action -- The Myth of Rights -- The Politics of Rights -- Part One: The Myth of Rights -- 2. Law as Ideology: An Introduction to the Myth of Rights -- Legal Symbols and Political Legitimacy -- Legal Values and Political Values -- In Search of the Myth of Rights -- 3. An Ideologist's Eye View of the Myth of Rights -- The Constitution -- Judges, Courts, and Legal Reasoning -- Constitutional Politics -- 4. The Call of the Law: The Myth of Rights as Political Rhetoric -- The Rhetoric of Rights: An Allegory -- The Virtue of Realism -- The Virtue of Convenience -- The Virtue of Morality -- 5. The Political Resonance of the Myth of Rights -- Rights, Rules, and Legal Institutions -- Cleavage and Conflict -- Part Two: The Politics of Rights -- 6. Rights as Resources -- The Political Status of Legal Rights: The Myth Reconsidered -- The Politics of Rights -- Litigation and Political Change -- 7. Constitutional Values and Political Goals -- Liberal-Capitalist Directions -- Incremental Tempos -- The Intrusive Logic of Legal Form -- 8. The Implementation of Public Policy -- Legal Procedures and Judicial Preference -- The Compliance Calculation -- 9. Legal Rights and Political Mobilization -- Political Activation -- Political Organization -- Political Realignment -- Part Three: The Strategists of Rights -- 10. Legal Education and Professional Socialization: The Myth of Rights Revisited -- Legal Analysis -- The Narrowing Vision -- Professional Responsibility -- 11. The Activist Bar: Programs and Prospects -- The Range of Activist Programs -- The Prospects of the Activist Bar -- Epilogue -- 12. The Political Relevance of Legal Rights -- Mobilization and Pluralism in the American Political Arena.

Legal Rights and Political Mobilization -- The Practical and Ethical Advantages of Legal Tactics of Mobilization -- Postscript -- Index.