Garcia, Stephen M.; Chen, Patricia; Gordon, Matthew T. - In: Judgment and Decision Making 9 (2014) 5, pp. 479-490
The letter of the law is its literal meaning. Here, the spirit of the law is its perceived intention. We tested the hypothesis that violating the spirit of the law accounts for culpability above and beyond breaking the mere letter. We find that one can incur culpability even when the letter of...
