The Social Psychology of Procedural Justice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 1-6

3. Early Research in Procedural Justice

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 7-40

4. Research Methods in Procedural Justice

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 41-59

5. Procedural Justice in Law I

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 61-92

6. Procedural Justice in Law II

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 93-127

7. The Generality of Procedural Justice

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 129-145

8. Procedural Justice in the Political Arena

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 147-172

9. Procedural Justice in Organizations

   • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

   Pages 173-202

10. Conclusions and Hypotheses

    • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

    Pages 203-220

11. Two Models of Procedural Justice

    • E. Allan Lind, Tom R. Tyler

    Pages 221-242

12. Back Matter

    Pages 243-267

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We dedicate this book to John Thibaut. He was mentor and personal friend to one of us, and his work had a profound intellectual influence on both of us. We were both strongly influenced by Thibaut's insightful articulation of the importance to psychology of the concept of pro­ cedural justice and by his empirical work with Laurens Walker in reactions to legal institu­ demonstrating the role of procedural justice tions. The great importance we accord the Thibaut and Walker work is evident throughout this volume. If anyone person can be said to have created an entire field of inquiry, John Thibaut created the psychological study of procedural justice. (To honor Thibaut thus in no sense reduces our recognition of the contributions of his co-worker, Laurens Walker, in the creation of the field. We are as certain that Walker would endorse our statement as we are that Thibaut, with characteristic modesty, would demur from it. ) Even to praise Thibaut in this fashion falls short of recognizing all of his contributions to procedural justice. Not only did he initiate the psy­ chological study of the topic, he also built much of the intellectual foun­ dation upon which the study of procedural justice rests. Thibaut's work with Harold Kelley (1959; Kelley & Thibaut, 1978) created a social psy­ chological theory of interdependence that, among many other applica­ tions, serves as the basis for one of the major models of the psychology of procedural justice.

• cognition
• psychology
• social psychology

• Institute for Civil Justice, The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, USA

  E. Allan Lind

• Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

  Tom R. Tyler

• The American Bar Foundation, Chicago, USA

  Tom R. Tyler

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