The Legalistic Organization: Definitions, Dimensions, and Dilemmas
Organization SciencePublished 1 August 1993
Sim B. Sitkin, Robert J. Bies
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Abstract
The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell, there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed. Grant Gilmore (The Ages of American Law 1977, p. 111)
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Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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