In “Order Without Law” Ellickson discusses how we choose to have clear bright-line rules that encompass border cases we wouldn’t really like to treat like others in their category. It is a question of trading off deadweight loss and transaction costs.
I’ve heard other people argue that Fonda’s character behaved awfully in “12 Angry Men”. I can’t remember where the specific post, but a debate over it can be found from here.
In “Order Without Law” Ellickson discusses how we choose to have clear bright-line rules that encompass border cases we wouldn’t really like to treat like others in their category. It is a question of trading off deadweight loss and transaction costs.
I’ve heard other people argue that Fonda’s character behaved awfully in “12 Angry Men”. I can’t remember where the specific post, but a debate over it can be found from here.