Order Without Law : How Neighbors Settle Disputes

Introduction 1(14) Part I. Shasta County Shasta County and Its Cattle Industry 15(14) The Politics of Cattle Trespass 29(11) The Resolution of Cattle-Trespass Disputes 40(25) Who Pays for Boundary Fences? 65(17) Disputes Arising out of Higway Collisions Involving Livestock 82(22) The Effects of Closed-Range Ordinances 104(19) Part II. A Theory of Norms The System of Social Control 123(14) Shortcomings of Current Theories of Social Control 137(19) The Puzzle of Cooperation 156(11) A Hypothesis of Welfare-Maximizing Norms 167(17) Substantive Norms: Of Bees, Cattle, and Whales 184(23) Remedial Norms: Of Carrots and Sticks 207(23) Procedural and Constitutive Norms: Of Gossip, Ritual, and Hero Worship 230(10) Controller-Selecting Norms: Of Contracts, Custom, and Photocopies 240(27) Part III The Future of Norms Testing the Content of Norms 267(13) Conclusions and Implications 280(9) Appendix. Research Methods 289(4) Index 293