TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Compensation and the Social Structure of Misfortune
JO  - Law and society review
A1  - Black, Donald
SP  - 563
EP  - 584
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0023-9216
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3053596
ID  - ref1
ER  -