1. Introduction: Politics and the Legal Bureaucracy, Cornell W. Clayton
2. The Attorney General As a Legal Policymaker: Conflicting Loyalties, Nancy V. Baker
3. Politics, Law, and the Office of the Solicitor General, Rebecca Mae Salokar
4. Independent Justice: The Office of the Independent Counsel, Katy J. Harriger
5. White House Lawyering: Legal Postures, Ethical Pretensions, and Political Judgments, Jeremy Rabkin
6. The Attorney Particular: The Governmental Role of the Agency General Counsel, Michael Herz
7. Towards an Understanding of Legal Policymaking at Independent Agencies, Neal Devins
8. Guardians of the Presidency: The Office of the Counsel to the President and the Office of Legal Counsel, Nelson Lund
9. Counsel to the President: The Rise of Organizational Competition, Michael Strine
Contributors
Index