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Expressive Law And Economics
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This article develops an economic theory of expressive law. By expressing social values, law can tip a system of social norms into a new equilibrium. This process can create or destroy a social norm without changing individual values. In addition, law can change the individual values of rational people. Internalizing a social norm is a moral commitment that attaches a psychological penalty to a forbidden act. A rational person internalizes a norm when commitment conveys an advantage relative to the original preferences and the changed preferences. I call such a commitment a Pareto self-improvement. By creating opportunities for Pareto self-improvements, law induces rational people to change their preferences. Inducing change in this way respects individual preferences, rather favoring a particular moral theory.
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- Authors
- Cooter, R.
- Venue
- The Journal of Legal Studies
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- S2
- Pages
- 585-607
- ISSN
- 0047-2530 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5366
- OpenAlex
- W3123138226
- Cited by
- 481
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 34.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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