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Teaching Voluntary Codes And Standards To Law Students, Cary Coglianese, Caroline Raschbaum
Teaching Voluntary Codes And Standards To Law Students, Cary Coglianese, Caroline Raschbaum
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Voluntary codes and standards issued by nongovernmental institutions affect many aspects of legal work and daily life. Although these codes and standards are voluntary—that is, they are not directly enforceable through civil or criminal penalties—they can and do often shape behavior. Codes and standards inform business practices and product designs. They affect the provisions of contracts and the licensing of patents. And, among still other uses, they affect the handling of evidence in criminal law matters.
More broadly, voluntary codes and standards can play a role similar to, or even take the place of, government regulations. Regulators regularly defer to …