Getting justice and getting even concerns the legal consciousness of working class americans and their experiences with court and mediation following cases into and through the courts sally engle merry provides an ethnographic study of local law and of the people who use it in a new england city the litigants primarily white native born and working class go to court because as part of . Getting justice and getting even legal consciousness among working class americans law power and resistance among working class americans language and legal discourse amazonde merry sally engle fremdsprachige bucher. Getting justice and getting even legal consciousness among working class americans merry sally engle chicago il university of chicago press 1990 227 p language and legal discourse research output book report book. Getting justice and getting even concerns the legal consciousness of working class americans and their experiences with court and mediation following cases into and through the courts sally engle merry provides an ethnographic study of local law and of the people who use it in a new england city the litigants primarily white native born and working class go to court because as part of . Getting justice and getting even legal consciousness among working class americans language and legal discourse series chicago series in law and society sally engle merry ordinary americans often bring family and neighborhood problems to court seeking justice or revenge