Norms and the Law by John N. Drobak

ISBN: 9780521680790

Cambridge University Press | 24 July 2006

Paperback | 308 pages

A collection of essays edited by John N. Drobak that brings together world‑renowned scholars from law, economics, political science, cognitive science, and philosophy to examine the relationship between social norms and formal law. The contributors explore how norms influence legal systems in four major contexts: analysing norms that affect legal behaviour through cognitive and behavioural approaches, investigating cooperative norms in common‑property settings, discussing the constraints norms can impose on judicial decision‑making, and assessing the reciprocal impact of formal law on social norms, offering interdisciplinary insights into the foundational ties between normative structures and legal institutions.