The institutionalization of sanctions for wrongdoing inside organizations: Public judgments in Japan, Russia, and the United States

Law and Society Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 871-926

  Sanders, Joseph ^a   Yuasa, Toshiyuki ^b   Hamilton, V Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041125859     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/827742     Document Type: Article

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