Law and Community in Three American TownsMany commentators on the contemporary United States believe that current rates of litigation are a sign of decay in the nations social fabric. Law and Community in Three American Towns explores how ordinary people in three townslocated in New England, the Midwest, and the Southview the law, courts, litigants, and social order. Carol J. Greenhouse, Barbara Yngvesson, and David M. Engel analyze attitudes toward law and law users as a way of commentating