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Authority, Anxiety, and Procedural Justice: Moving from Scientific Detachment to Critical Engagement

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Tyler Tom R., Why People Obey the Law. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. vii + 273 pages. $30.00.

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Austin Sarat
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Law & Society Review , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , 1993 , pp. 647 - 671
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Copyright © 1993 by The Law and Society Association

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I am grateful to Tom Tyler for his generous response to and engagement with the issues raised in this review, and to Marianne Constable and Barbara Yngvesson for their helpful comments on an earlier version.

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