Order Without Law How Neighbors Settle Disputes

Name: Order Without Law How Neighbors Settle Disputes
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ISBN: 9780674641693

ISBN-10: 0674641698

ISBN-13: 9780674641693

Edition: 1991

Authors: Robert C. Ellickson

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In Order without Law Robert C. Ellickson shows that law is far less important than is generally thought. He demonstrates that people largely govern themselves by means of informal rules-social norms-that develop without the aid of a state or other central coordinator. Integrating the latest scholarship in law, economics, sociology, game theory, and anthropology, Ellickson investigates the uncharted world within which order is successfully achieved without law. The springboard for Ellickson's theory of norms is his close investigation of a variety of disputes arising from the damage created by escaped cattle in Shasta County, California. In "The Problem of Social Cost" --the most…

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List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Introduction



Shasta County



Shasta County and Its Cattle Industry



The Politics of Cattle Trespass



The Resolution of Cattle-Trespass Disputes



Who Pays for Boundary Fences?



Disputes Arising out of Highway Collisions Involving Livestock



The Effects of Closed-Range Ordinances



A Theory of Norms



The System of Social Control S. Shortcomings of Current Theories of Social Control



The Puzzle of Cooperation



A Hypothesis of Welfare-Maximizing Norms



Substantive Norms: Of Bees, Cattle, and Whales



Remedial Norms: Of Carrots and Sticks



Procedural and Constitutive Norms: Of Gossip, Ritual, and Hero Worship



Controller-Selecting Norms: Of Contracts, Custom, and Photocopies



The Future of Norms



Testing the Content of Norms



Conclusions and Implications


Appendix


Research Methods


Index