- Introduction
- 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
- 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
- III. The Future of Norms
- 15. Testing the Content of Norms
- 16. Conclusions and Implications
- Appendix: Research Methods
- Index

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How Neighbors Settle Disputes
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Publication Date: 03/15/1994