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The e xpressive p owers of Law The expressive powers of Law Theories and Limits Richard H. McAdams Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2015 Copyright © 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data McAdams, Richard H., author. The expressive powers of law: theories and limits / Richard H. McAdams. pages cm ISBN 978- 0- 674- 04692- 4 1. Law— Language. 2. Law— Methodology. 3. Expression. 4. Rhetoric. I. Title. K213.M425 2014 340'.14— dc23 2014014454 For Anna ConT enT s 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 figures 1.1 Categories of Expressive Claims about Law 13 2.1 The Classic Prisoners’ Dilemma 30 2.2 The Prisoners’ Alibi Game of Pure Coordination 32 2.3 A Prisoner’s Assurance Game 33 2.4 A Prisoner’s Battle of the Sexes Game 35 2.5 A Prisoner’s Hawk- Dove Game 36 2.6 A Generic Symmetric 2×2 Game 39 2.7 PD with Embedded BOS Game 40 2.8 The BOS Intersection Game 46 2.9 Another Hawk- Dove Game 55 4.1 A Public Good Game as PD 130 4.2 A Public Good Game as Assurance 130 7.1 Another Battle of the Sexes Game 205 7.2 A Final Hawk- Dove Game 209
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