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The Social Psychology of Authority: Why do People Obey an Order to Harm Others?

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H. C. Kelman and V. L. Hamilton, Crimes of Obedience. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989. 382 pages.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Tom R. Tyler
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Law & Society Review , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , 1990 , pp. 1089 - 1102
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Copyright © 1990 The Law and Society Association.

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I would like to thank Shari Diamond, E. Allan Lind, and Joseph Sanders for their very helpful comments on a draft of this review.

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