Social norms and the law

dc.contributor.author	Basu, Kaushik
dc.date.accessioned	2006-11-21T09:50:45Z
dc.date.available	2006-11-21T09:50:45Z
dc.date.issued	2006-11-21T09:50:45Z
dc.description.abstract	After one eats in a restaurant, that one has to leave a tip is a social norm, and that one has to pay for the food is law. As is evident from this, both norms and the law influence our behaviour. What we say, for instance, can he curtailed by having laws that restrict freedom of speech. But not having such a restrictive law, or having a law or a constitutional requirement - such as the First Amendment in the US - which gives individuals the right to say what they wish or believe in, does not automatically guarantee freedom of speech. Social restrictions can also curtail our freedom. If there is a social norm against a certain opinion or viewpoint or against the explicit mention of certain facts of life, then through the threat of ostracism and other ‘social’ punishments the individual freedom to express a viewpoint or fact can be limited.	en_US
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dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/3888
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.title	Social norms and the law	en_US

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