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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778175303321

Autore

Ellickson Robert C

Titolo

Order without law [[electronic resource] ] : how neighbors settle disputes / / Robert C. Ellickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1991

ISBN

0-674-26327-8

0-674-03643-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix,302p.)

Disciplina

340.115

Soggetti

Sociological jurisprudence

Dispute resolution (Law) - California - Shasta County

Compromise (Law) - California - Shasta County

Trespass - California - Shasta County

Cattle - California - Shasta County

Social control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction Part I. Shasta County 1. Shasta County and Its Cattle Industry 2. The Politics of Cattle Trespass 3. The Resolution of Cattle-Trespass Disputes 4. Who Pays for Boundary Fences? 5. Disputes Arising out of Highway Collisions Involving Livestock 6. The Effects of Closed-Range Ordinances Part II. A Theory of Norms 7. The System of Social Control S. Shortcomings of Current Theories of Social Control 9. The Puzzle of Cooperation 10. A Hypothesis of Welfare-Maximizing Norms 11. Substantive Norms: Of Bees, Cattle, and Whales 12. Remedial Norms: Of Carrots and Sticks 13. Procedural and Constitutive Norms: Of Gossip, Ritual, and Hero Worship 14. Controller-Selecting Norms: Of Contracts, Custom, and Photocopies Part III. The Future of Norms 15. Testing the Content of Norms 16. Conclusions and Implications Appendix. Research Methods Index

Sommario/riassunto

Integrating the current research in law, economics, sociology, game theory and anthropology, this text demonstrates that people largely govern themselves by means of informal rules - social norms - without the need for a state or other central co-ordinator to lay down the law.