Getting Justice and Getting Even
Legal Consciousness among Working-Class Americans
- Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Setting: Two New England Towns and Their Lower Courts
3. Legal Consciousness and Types of Problems
4. The Social Context of Problems
5. Problems and Cases
6. The Discourses of the Lower Court
7. Legal Experience and Legal Consciousness
8. Conclusions: The Paradox of Legal Entitlement
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
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