Collaborative Research on the Influence of Cultural Context and Migration on Perceptions of Law and Justice

国际贸易的增长、通讯和技术的进步、旅行的便利以及移民模式的变化，使得不同国家、文化和种族背景的个人之间更有可能发生争端。近年来，社会法学学者开始研究纠纷解决程序偏好的文化差异与个体心理过程之间的关系。这项研究将通过考察一个人的原籍文化、适应新的社会形式、性别、社会地位和经济资源如何形成程序偏好来扩展这项工作。这项在美国、德国和香港进行的比较研究系统地分析了程序偏好的模式、对各种形式的监管的态度，以及与纠纷相关的信念和行为。这三个地点一直是大量移民的目标。将进行两项实验研究，每个地点约有500名参与者参加，以测试对各种争议解决方式的偏好的差异是否反映了关于实现其目标的有效或适当手段的价值观或信念的差异。一项研究将侧重于对可用于处理争端的选项的偏好(例如，忽略冲突、忽略争端或直接谈判)。第二个将考虑可用来解决冲突的手段(如调解或对抗性裁决)。该项目将通过促进我们对文化、种族、最近移民和其他社会因素如何相互作用来塑造个人对各种法律、争议论坛和争议选项的法律态度和反应的了解，帮助我们了解跨国问题。从全球角度来看，这些结果将对增加我们的知识具有重大意义，这些知识将有助于我们了解是什么推动了人们对一种形式的法律或监管制度的偏好，以及为什么不同文化背景的人对什么是公平的程序或法律的看法不同。

The growth in international trade, advances in communication and technology, ease of travel, and changes in immigration patterns make it more likely that disputes will arise between individuals of different national, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. In recent years, sociolegal scholars have begun to investigate how cultural variation in preferences for dispute resolution procedures is related to individual psychological processes. This study will extend this work by examining how procedural preferences are shaped by a person's culture of origin, acculturation to new social forms, gender, social status, and economic resources. This comparative study conducted in the United States, Germany, and Hong Kong systematically analyzes patterns of procedural preferences, attitudes toward various forms of regulation, and dispute-related beliefs and behaviors. These three sites have been the target of substantial migration. Two experimental studies will be conducted, involving approximately 500 participants at each site, to test whether differences in preferences for types of dispute resolution reflect differences in values or differences in beliefs about the effective or appropriate means to reach their goals. One study will focus on preferences about options available for dealing with disputes (such as ignoring the conflict, ignoring the disputant, or direct negotiation). The second will consider the means available to resolve the conflict (such as mediation or adversarial adjudication). The project will contribute to our understanding of transnational issues by advancing our knowledge of how culture, ethnicity, recency of migration, and other social factors interact to shape individuals' legal attitudes and reactions to a variety of laws, disputing fora, and disputing options. From a global perspective, the results will have major significance for increasing our knowledge of what drives preferences for one form of law or regulatory regime over another and of why people of diverse cultural origins differ in their views about what constitutes a fair procedure or law.