Posner Eric A

Law and social norms/ Eric A Posner - Delhi: Universal Law Publishing, 2000. - 260 p.

1. Introduction: Law and Collective Action I. Models of Nonlegal Collective Action 2. A Model of Cooperation and the Production of Social Norms 3. Extensions, Objections, and Alternative Theories II. Legal Applications 4. Gifts and Gratuitous Promises 5. Family Law and Social Norms 6. Status, Stigma, and the Criminal Law 7. Voting, Political Participation, and Symbolic Behavior 8. Racial Discrimination and Nationalism 9. Contract Law and Commercial Behavior III. Normative Implications 10. Efficiency and Distributive Justice 11. Incommensurability, Commodification, and Money 12. Autonomy, Privacy, and Community Notes References Acknowledgments Index

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Sociological jurisprudence
Law and economics
Social norms

340.115 / POS/L