Law and Social Norms

Eric A. Posner

    1. Introduction: Law and Collective Action

    I. Models of Nonlegal Collective Action

    2. A Model of Cooperation and the Production of Social Norms

    3. Extensions, Objections, and Alternative Theories

    II. Legal Applications

    4. Gifts and Gratuitous Promises

    5. Family Law and Social Norms

    6. Status, Stigma, and the Criminal Law

    7. Voting, Political Participation, and Symbolic Behavior

    8. Racial Discrimination and Nationalism

    9. Contract Law and Commercial Behavior

    III. Normative Implications

    10. Efficiency and Distributive Justice

    11. Incommensurability, Commodification, and Money

    12. Autonomy, Privacy, and Community

    Notes

    References

    Acknowledgments

    Index

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Eric A. Posner is Professor of Law at the University of Chicago.