The obligation to obey the law: exploring national differences

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 expl...

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Main Author: Rooij, Benjamin van 1973- (Author)
Contributors: Fine, Adam 1989- ; Shalvi, Shaul ; Feldman, Yuval 1971- ; Scheper, Eline ; Yunmei, Wu ; Leib, Margarita ; Cheng, Qian ; Wanhong, Zhang
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2024, Volume: 82, Issue: 2, Pages: 415-432
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Obligation to obey the law
Legitimacy
Procedural Justice
Policing
Law Enforcement
Compliance
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 430-432
ISSN:1573-0751
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-024-10148-8