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