Lawmakers as Norm Entrepreneurs

Carbonara Emanuela, Francesco Parisi and Georg von Wangenheim
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Carbonara Emanuela: University of Bologna, Department of Economics
Georg von Wangenheim: University of Kassel, Faculty of Law

Review of Law & Economics, 2008, vol. 4, issue 3, 779-799

Abstract: In this paper we consider the role of lawmakers as norm entrepreneurs. Drawing from expressive law theories and social response theories, we shed light on the role of law in shaping social values and norms, and on the ability of the law to produce social norms where they did not exist before. Furthermore, we unveil a possible undesirable effect of legal intervention, where a legal innovation can cause social divide and possible conflicts.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1320

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