The psychology of justice and legitimacy / edited by D. Ramona Bobocel ... [and others].

Papers presented at the Eleventh Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, held at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, August 16 to 18, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Knitting together an elephant : an integrative approach to understanding the psychology of justice reasoning / Linda J. Skitka ... [and others] -- Injustice and identity : how we respond to unjust treatment depends on how we perceive ourselves / D. Ramona Bobocel and Agnes Zdaniuk -- Beyond blame and derogation of victims : just-world dynamics in everyday life / Mitchell J. Callan and John H. Ellard -- Preserving the belief in a just world : when and for whom are different strategies preferred? / Carolyn L. Hafer and Leanne Gosse -- From moral outrage to social protest : the role of psychological standing / Dale T. Miller, Daniel A. Effron, and Sonya V. Zak -- Deservingness, the scope of justice, and actions toward others / James M. Olson ... [and others] -- The power of the status quo : consequences for maintaining and perpetuating inequality / Danielle Gaucher, Aaron C. Kay, and Kristin Laurin -- System justification : how do we know it's motivated? / John T. Jost ... [and others] -- Self-regulation, homeostasis, and behavioral disinhibition in normative judgments / Kees van den Bos -- The psychology of punishment : intuition and reason, retribution and restoration / John M. Darley and Dena M. Gromet -- Legitimacy and rule adherence : a psychological perspective on the antecedents and consequences of legitimacy / Tom R. Tyler -- Justice in aboriginal language policy and practices : fighting institutional discrimination and linguicide / Stephen C. Wright and Donald M. Taylor -- The antecedents, nature, and effectiveness of political apologies for historical injustices / Karina Schumann and Michael Ross.