Handbook Of Justice Research In Law

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This handbook provides a comprehensive cross-disciplinary perspective on the role of justice research in studies of the legal system. Leading authorities from sociology, political science, criminology, psychology, and law analyze justice research, including the various dimensions of justice, the interaction among these dimensions, and the relationship between law and culture. Featured are in-depth discussions of retribution/revenge and distributive and procedural justice.

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Handbook of Justice Research in Law This page intentionally left blank. Handbook of Justice Research in Law Edited by Joseph Sanders and V. Lee Hamilton Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow eBook ISBN: Print ISBN: 0-306-47379-8 0-306-46340-7 ©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2001 Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers New York All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://kluweronline.com http://ebooks.kluweronline.com Contributors William P. Bridges, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607 Karen S. Cook, Department of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Barry C. Feld, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 William L. F. Felstiner, Cardiff University Law School, Cardiff, United Kingdom, and Law and Society Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106 V. Lee Hamilton, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 Valerie P. Hans, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware 19802 Karen A. Hegtvedt, Department of Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Deborah R. Hensler, Stanford University Law School, Stanford, California 94305 Robert Howard, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Kwok Leung, Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China E. Allen Lind, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 Jill McCorkel, Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois 60115 Michael W. Morris, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 Robert L. Nelson, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 Ben Pettit, Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106 Joseph Sanders, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas 77204 v vi CONTRIBUTORS Frederika E. Schmitt, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania 17551 John Scholz, Department of Political Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 Tom R. Tyler, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003 Neil Vidmar, Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina 27706 Preface Justice—a word of great simplicity and almost frightening scope. When we were invited to edit a volume on justice in law, we joked about the small topic we had been assigned. Often humor masks fear, and this was certainly one of those times. Throughout the project, we found daunting the task of covering even a fraction of the topics that usually fall under the umbrella of justice research in law. Ultimately, the organization of the book emerged from the writing of it. Our introductory chapter provides a road map to how the
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