The Force of Law
PUBLISHER
Harvard University Press
DATE
2015
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Abstract
Many legal theorists maintain that laws are effective because we internalize them, obeying even when not compelled to do so. In a comprehensive reassessment of the role of force in law, Frederick Schauer disagrees, demonstrating that coercion, more than internalized thinking and behaving, distinguishes law from society's other rules.
Citation
Frederick Schauer, The Force of Law, Harvard University Press (2015).