1 Introduction: Law and Collective Action 1
PART ONE Models ofNonlegal Collective Action 11
2 A Model of Cooperation and the Production of Social Norms 11
3 Extensions, Objections, and Alternative Theories 36
PART TWO Legal Applications 49
4 Gifts and Gratuitous Promises 49
5 Family Law and Social Norms 68
6 Status, Stigma, and the Criminal Law 88
7 Voting, Political Participation, and Symbolic Behavior 112
8 Racial Discrimination and Nationalism 133
9 Contract Law and Commercial Behavior 148
PART THREE Normative Implications 169
10 Efficiency and Distributive Justice 169
11 Incommensurability, Commodification, and Money 185
12 Autonomy, Privacy, and Community 203
Notes 225
References 237
Acknowledgments 253
Index 255