The Expressive Powers of Law

The Expressive Powers of Law
Author: Richard H. McAdams
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2015-02-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0674046927

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Why do people obey the law? Law deters crime by specifying sanctions, and because people internalize its authority. But Richard McAdams says law also generates compliance through its expressive power to coordinate behavior (traffic laws) and inform beliefs (smoking bans)—that is, simply by what it says rather than what it sanctions.


The Expressive Powers of Law
Language: en
Pages: 335
Authors: Richard H. McAdams
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-09 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Why do people obey the law? Law deters crime by specifying sanctions, and because people internalize its authority. But Richard McAdams says law also generates
The Expressive Powers of Law
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Richard H. McAdams
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-20 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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When asked why people obey the law, legal scholars usually give two answers. Law deters illicit activities by specifying sanctions, and it possesses legitimate
The Expressive Powers of Law
Language: en
Pages: 335
Authors: Richard H. McAdams
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-09 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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When asked why people obey the law, legal scholars usually give two answers. Law deters illicit activities by specifying sanctions, and it possesses legitimate
The Force of Law
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Frederick Schauer
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-10 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Bentham's law -- The possibility and probability of noncoercive law -- In search of the puzzled man -- Do people obey the law? -- Are officials above the law? -
The Law of Primitive Man
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: E. Adamson Hoebel
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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This classic work in the anthropology of law offers ambitiously conceived analyses of the fundamental rights and duties treated as law among nonliterate peoples