For anyone interested in rural justice and rural attitudes toward law, this paper from UC Davis Legal Studies is worth a read. "Among the topics addressed are rural legal consciousness, including attitudes toward law and the state more broadly; the rural lawyer shortage and its impact in different substantive contexts (e.g., environmental justice and water law, heirs' property, other aspects of racial justice); and a range of administration-of-justice contexts (e.g., criminal, immigration, housing).
