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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Posner, Eric A., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Sociological jurisprudence.
Law and economics.
Social norms.
Collective behavior.
Game theory.
Mass Behavior
Game Theory
Sociologie juridique.
Droit et économie politique.
Normes sociales.
Comportement collectif.
Théorie des jeux.
LAW > General.
Sociale normen.
Rechtssociologie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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