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Robert Cooter

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Law and social norms

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Treating Yourself Instrumentally Internalization, Rationality, And The Law, Robert D. Cooter Dec 2004

Treating Yourself Instrumentally Internalization, Rationality, And The Law, Robert D. Cooter

Robert Cooter

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Three Effects Of Social Norms On Law: Expression, Deterrence, And Internalization, Robert D. Cooter Dec 1999

Three Effects Of Social Norms On Law: Expression, Deterrence, And Internalization, Robert D. Cooter

Robert Cooter

State organizations suffer from agency problems that preclude effective motivation of people by formal means alone. Social norms contribute to the effectiveness of state law. Aligning law with morality creates power synergies. I analysis three of them: expression (coordination by law and morality), justification (intrinsic motivation to do what is right) , and sanctions (material costs of wrongdoing).