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"People obey the law if they believe it's legitimate, not because they fear punishment--this is the startling conclusion of Tom Tyler's classic study. Tyler suggests that lawmakers and law enforcers would do much better to make legal systems worthy of respect than to try to instill fe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tyler, Tom R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Justiz
Law > Philosophy > Public opinion.
Justice, Administration of > Public opinion.
Compliance.
Punishment > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Illinois > Chicago.
Cooperative Behavior
Droit > Philosophie > Opinion publique.
Justice > Administration > Opinion publique.
Peines > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > Illinois > Chicago.
Complaisance.
LAW > General.
Public opinion.
Recht
Rechtsbewusstsein
Öffentliche Meinung
Wetsnaleving.
Legitimiteit.
Illinois > Chicago.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Procedural justice, legitimacy, and compliance
  • Design of the Chicago study
  • Part II. Legitimacy and compliance
  • Legitimacy as a theoretical issue
  • Measuring legitimacy and compliance
  • Does legitimacy contribute independently to compliance?
  • Part III. Citizens' concerns when dealing with legal authorities
  • What do people want from legal authorities?
  • Measuring the psychological variables
  • Does experience influence legitimacy?
  • Part IV. The meaning of procedural justice
  • The psychology of procedural justice
  • The influence of control on the meaning of procedural justice
  • Beyond control
  • Part V. Conclusions
  • The antecedents of compliant behavior
  • The psychology of legitimacy
  • Afterword.

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