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970494
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b724864
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Ellickson, Robert C.
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| Title & Author
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Order without law : : how neighbors settle disputes /\ Robert C. Ellickson.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. ;London :: Harvard University Press,, 1991
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1 online resource (ix, 302 pages)
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0674036433
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: 9780674036437
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""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""; ""8. Shortcomings of Current Theories of Social Control""; ""9. The Puzzle of Cooperation""; ""10. A Hypothesis of Welfare-Maximizing Norms""
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""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""
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| Abstract
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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.
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Compromise (Law)
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Conflict management.
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Dispute resolution (Law)
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Neighborliness.
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Quarreling.
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Social control.
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Social norms.
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Compromise (Law)
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Conflict management.
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Dispute resolution (Law)
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LAW / General
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LAW-- Essays.
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LAW-- General Practice.
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LAW-- Jurisprudence.
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LAW-- Paralegals Paralegalism.
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LAW-- Practical Guides.
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LAW-- Reference.
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Neighborliness.
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Quarreling.
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Social control.
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Social norms.
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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| Dewey Classification
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340.115
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| LC Classification
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K370.E45 1994eb
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