The force of law /

Many legal theorists maintain that laws are effective because we internalize them, obeying even when not compelled to do so. In a comprehensive reassessment of the role of force in law, Frederick Schauer disagrees, demonstrating that coercion, more than internalized thinking and behaving, distinguis...

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Main Author: Schauer, Frederick F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015
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Table of Contents:
  • Bentham's law
  • The possibility and probability of noncoercive law
  • In search of the puzzled man
  • Do people obey the law?
  • Are official above the law?
  • Coercing obedience
  • Of carrots and sticks
  • Coercion's arsenal
  • Awash in a sea of norms
  • The differentiation of law