RT Article
T1 The obligation to obey the law: exploring national differences
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 82
IS 2
SP 415
OP 432
A1 Rooij, Benjamin van 1973-
A2 Fine, Adam 1989-
A2 Shalvi, Shaul
A2 Feldman, Yuval 1971-
A2 Scheper, Eline
A2 Yunmei, Wu
A2 Leib, Margarita
A2 Cheng, Qian
A2 Wanhong, Zhang
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1906665737
AB People vary in the extent to which they generally feel obligated to obey the law. The Obligation to Obey the Law (OOL) plays a major role in how people respond to legal rules and whether they comply or violate such rules. Most existing research on OOL has been non-comparative. The present paper explores national differences in OOL by analyzing data from a survey conducted among a convenience sample (n = 716) of law students in the Netherlands, the US, Israel, and China. In contrast to what existing research on procedural justice and OOL would lead us to expect, the data do not reveal significant differences in OOL across markedly different national populations. It explores why no such differences have been found and what the implications of these findings are for our understanding of OOL and compliance more broadly.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 430-432
K1 Obligation to obey the law
K1 Legitimacy
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Policing
K1 Law Enforcement
K1 Compliance
DO https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-024-10148-8