Law and Social Norms

by Eric A. Posner

Book Overview

What is the role of law in a society in which order is maintained mostly through social norms, trust, and nonlegal sanctions? Eric Posner argues that social norms are sometimes desirable yet sometimes odious, and that the law is critical to enhancing good social norms and undermining bad ones. But he also argues that the proper regulation of social norms is a delicate and complex task, and that current understanding of social norms is inadequate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674008146
• ISBN13: 9780674008144
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"