All in the Family: The Influence of Social Networks in Dispute Processing (A Case Study of a Developing Economy)
By Manuel A. Gomez, February 8, 2012
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This article describes the influence of social networks on how individuals choose to process their legal disputes. The objective is to explain how social connections shape the ways in which conflict is processed within formal institutions. Using the social context in which the Venezuelan business sector operates as a framework, the article tries to draw a real life picture of how dispute processing occurs in society, which is important to a more general understanding ofhow different systems ofsocial control can function.
