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Law and social norms /

"What is the role of law in a society in which order is maintained mostly through social norms, trust, and nonlegal sanctions? Eric Posner argues that social norms are sometimes desirable yet sometimes odious, and that the law is critical to enhancing good social norms and undermining bad ones....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Posner, Eric A., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: law and collective action
  • A model of cooperation and the production of social norms
  • Extensions, objections, and alternative theories
  • Gifts and gratuitous promises
  • Family law and social norms
  • Status, stigma, and the criminal law
  • Voting, political participation, and symbolic behavior
  • Racial discrimination and nationalism
  • Contract law and commercial behavior
  • Efficiency and distributive justice
  • Incommensurability, commodification, and money
  • Autonomy, privacy, and community.