Foundations of Law and Economics
Order Without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes
Robert C. Ellickson
- Year
- 1991
- Venue
- Harvard University Press
- Level
- Advanced
Summary
Studies cattle-trespass disputes and neighbor relations in Shasta County to investigate when informal norms, reputational sanctions, and repeat interaction organize conduct outside formal legal processes. The book is a foundational empirical study of social norms and decentralized order.
Citation
Robert C. Ellickson. "Order Without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes." Harvard University Press, 1991.
BibTeX
@book{Ellickson1991Order,
title = {Order Without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes},
author = {Robert C. Ellickson},
year = {1991},
publisher = {Harvard University Press},
url = {https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1867499M/Order_without_law}
}