Norms and the Law

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511617720

This book contains perspectives of world-renowned scholars from the fields of law, economics, and political science about the relationship between law and norms. The authors take different approaches by using a wide variety of perspectives from law, legal history, neoclassical economics, new institutional economics, game theory, political science, cognitive science, and philosophy. The essays examine the relationship between norms and the law in four different contexts. Part One consists of essays that use the perspectives of cognitive science and behavioral economics to analyze norms that influence the law. In Part Two, the authors use three different types of common property to examine cooperative norms. Part Three contains essays that deal with the constraints imposed by norms on the judiciary. Finally, Part Four examines the influence formal law has on norms.

"[Norms and the Law] contains high quality articles written by prominent scholars from diverse disciplines, and is certainly a rich collection intelligently designed to throw much light on the interaction between law and social norms."
Michael Giudice, Ottawa Law Review

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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List of Contributors
pp vii-viii
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Acknowledgments
pp ix-x
- By John N. Drobak, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Law
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Introduction
pp 1-10
- By John N. Drobak, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Law
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PART ONE - RATIONALITY AND NORMS
pp 11-12
- By John N. Drobak, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Law
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1 - Social Norms and Other-Regarding Preferences
pp 13-34
- By Lynn A. Stout, Professor, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
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2 - Damages, Norms, and Punishment
pp 35-47
- By Cass R. Sunstein, Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Chicago, Law School and Department of Political Science
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3 - Cognitive Science and the Study of the “Rules of the Game” in a World of Uncertainty
pp 48-56
- By Douglass C. North, Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Science, Washington University
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PART TWO - NORMS OF THE COMMONS
pp 57-58
- By John N. Drobak, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Law
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4 - Norms of the Household
pp 59-88
- By Robert C. Ellickson, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School
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5 - .commons
pp 89-104
- By Lawrence Lessig, C. Wendell and Edith Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
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6 - How Norms Help Reduce the Tragedy of the Commons: A Multi-Layer Framework for Analyzing Field Experiments
pp 105-136
- By Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, Facultad de Economia-CEDE, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Columbia, Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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PART THREE - JUDICIAL NORMS
pp 137-138
- By John N. Drobak, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Law
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7 - Judging the Judges: Some Remarks on the Way Judges Think and the Way Judges Act
pp 139-160
- By Lawrence M. Friedman, Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor, Stanford Law School
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8 - Judicial Independence in a Democracy: Institutionalizing Judicial Restraint
pp 161-207
- By John Ferejohn, Carolyn S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Visiting Professor of Law and Politics, New York University School of Law, Larry D. Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean, Stanford Law School
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9 - Black Judges and Ascriptive Group Identification
pp 208-229
- By Kathryn Abrams, Herma Hill Kay Distinguished Professor, University of California at Berkeley School of Law
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10 - Judicial Norms: A Judge's Perspective
pp 230-244
- By Harry T. Edwards, Circuit Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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PART FOUR - THE INFLUENCE OF LAW ON NORMS
pp 245-246
- By John N. Drobak, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Law
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11 - Normative Evaluation and Legal Analogues
pp 247-266
- By Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University
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References
pp 267-290
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Index
pp 291-298
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Contributors
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-10

PART ONE - RATIONALITY AND NORMS
pp 11-12

1 - Social Norms and Other-Regarding Preferences
pp 13-34

2 - Damages, Norms, and Punishment
pp 35-47

3 - Cognitive Science and the Study of the “Rules of the Game” in a World of Uncertainty
pp 48-56

PART TWO - NORMS OF THE COMMONS
pp 57-58

4 - Norms of the Household
pp 59-88

5 - .commons
pp 89-104

6 - How Norms Help Reduce the Tragedy of the Commons: A Multi-Layer Framework for Analyzing Field Experiments
pp 105-136

PART THREE - JUDICIAL NORMS
pp 137-138

7 - Judging the Judges: Some Remarks on the Way Judges Think and the Way Judges Act
pp 139-160

8 - Judicial Independence in a Democracy: Institutionalizing Judicial Restraint
pp 161-207

9 - Black Judges and Ascriptive Group Identification
pp 208-229

10 - Judicial Norms: A Judge's Perspective
pp 230-244

PART FOUR - THE INFLUENCE OF LAW ON NORMS
pp 245-246

11 - Normative Evaluation and Legal Analogues
pp 247-266

References
pp 267-290

Index
pp 291-298

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