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Law and community in three American towns /

"Many commentators on the contemporary United States believe that current rates of litigation are a sign of decay in the nation's social fabric. Law and Community in Three American Towns explores how ordinary people in three towns--located in New England, the Midwest, and the South--view t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenhouse, Carol J., 1950-
Otros Autores: Yngvesson, Barbara, 1941-, Engel, David M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Ethnographic Issues
  • pt. 1. Ethnographic Studies. Ch. 1. The Oven Bird's Song: Insiders, Outsiders, and Personal Injuries in an American Community. Ch. 2. Making Law at the Doorway: The Clerk, the Court, and the Construction of Community in a New England Town. Ch. 3. Courting Difference: Issues of Interpretation and Comparison in the Study of Legal Ideologies
  • pt. 2. Law, Values, and the Discourse of Community. Ch. 4. Avoidance and Involvement. Ch. 5. Connection and Separation. Ch. 6. History and Place
  • Conclusion: The Paradox of Community.