The expressive powers of law : theories and limits / Richard H. McAdams.
2015
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Title
The expressive powers of law : theories and limits / Richard H. McAdams.
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Call Number
K213 .M423 2015
ISBN
9780674046924 (cloth)
0674046927 (cloth)
0674046927 (cloth)
Description
322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)876467190
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures
ix
Introduction: Alternatives to Deterrence and Legitimacy
1
1.
Expressive Claims about Law
11
2.
The Focal Point Power of Expression
22
3.
Law as Focal Point
57
4.
Law's Focal Power in Dynamic Perspective
94
5.
Legislation as Information
136
6.
Revelation of Information by Legal Enforcement
169
7.
The Power of Arbitral Expression
199
8.
Normative Implications
233
Conclusion: Law's Expressive Powers
260
Notes
263
Acknowledgments
315
Index
317