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Getting Justice and Getting Even : Legal Consciousness among Working-Class Americans (Language and Legal Discourse Series) (Chicago Series in Law and Society) (1st Edition) by Sally Engle Merry Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 1990 ISBN-10: 0-226-52069-2 / 0226520692 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-52069-8 / 9780226520698 Ordinary Americans often bring family and neighborhood problems to court, seeking justice or revenge. The litigants in these local squabbles encounter law at its boundaries in the corridors of busy city courthouses, in the offices of court clerks, and in the church parlors used by mediation programs |