@article{ref1,
title="Compensation and the Social Structure of Misfortune",
journal="Law and society review",
year="1987",
author="Black, Donald",
volume="21",
number="4",
pages="563-584",
abstract="This essay identifies social conditions associated with the compensatory style of conflict management, addresses variable aspects of compensation itself, and examines the modern trend toward a greater degree of compensatory liability of organizations for the misfortunes of individuals. Several propositions are discussed: Compensation is a direct function of groups and a curvilinear function of relational distance, and is greater in upward and group-directed cases than in downward and individual-directed cases. In addition, liability varies directly with social distance and is greater in group-directed than in individual-directed cases. The modern trend toward greater organizational liability appears to be a devolution toward a pattern of collective dependency characteristic of earlier societies before the decline of kinship.<p />",
language="",
issn="0023-9216",
doi="10.2307/3053596",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3053596"
}