How law works expressively /

How law works expressively /

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Author / Creator:	McAdams, Richard H., author.
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Law School, University of Chicago, Jan. 6, 2015.
Description:	1 online file (1 audio file) (55 mins., 34 secs.) : digital, stereo, MP3
Language:	English
Series:	Chicago's best ideas Chicago's best ideas.
Subject:	Law -- Language. Law -- Methodology. Expression. Rhetoric. Expression. Law -- Language. Law -- Methodology. Rhetoric.
Format:	E-Resource Spoken word recording Audio
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10197258

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Other authors / contributors:	University of Chicago. Law School, host institution.
Computer file characteristics:	MP3
Sound characteristics:	digital stereo
Digital file characteristics:	audio file MP3 128Kbps
Notes:	Recorded Jan. 6, 2015, posted Jan. 8, 2015. Title from Law School faculty podcast webpage (viewed May 30, 2015).
Summary:	"Although people sometimes violate the law, there is more legal compliance than we can explain by ordinary economic theory--that legal sanctions deter noncompliance. In some domains of international law and constitutional law, there is no credible threat of legal sanctions, yet there is compliance. In some historic examples, "courts" lacking any sanctioning power resolved disputes arising in medieval Iceland, among 18th century pirates, and among 19th century gold-rushers. Professor McAdams explains these and other historic and contemporary examples of compliance by focusing attention on law's expressive power. First, legal expression provides a salient means of coordinating behavior. Second, law reveals information about risks and attitudes. These two expressive powers are distinct from law's coercive power...This talk was recorded on January 6, 2015, as part of the Chicago's Best Ideas lecture series."--Law School faculty podcast webpage.

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Physical Description:	MP3 1 online file (1 audio file) (55 mins., 34 secs.) : digital, stereo, MP3 005534
Playing Time:	00:55:34