STUART A. SCHEINGOLD taught generations of political science students at the University of Washington and is internationally recognized as an influential scholar on topics as diverse as street crime, legal rights, political integration, cause lawyering, and the political novel. His landmark book "The Politics of Rights" is universally considered to be an essential part of the study of law and politics. His 2010 book "The Political Novel" explored how the nature of modern politics has played out through close readings of fiction. In 2001, the Law & Society Association awarded him the Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize for distinguished contributions to sociolegal scholarship, observing that "his intellectual legacy is both broad and deep." Three years later, the American Political Science Association presented him with the Law and Courts Lifetime Achievement Award.