| Legal reform in the presence of a living custom: An economic approach. | |
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PMID: 22198761 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Empowerment of disadvantaged groups of population is a key issue in development. One major difficulty in implementing progressive legal reforms arises from the persistent and contrary influence of custom. In this paper, we present a simple theoretical framework that analyzes how customary rules evolve under the impact of a change in formal law. This evolution is ultimately caused by a modification of relative costs and benefits of exiting the community by members of the disadvantaged groups as a result of change in the law. We also describe how the welfare of these groups is affected and provide illustrative evidence. |
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Gani Aldashev; Jean-Philippe Platteau; Zaki Wahhaj |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-22 |
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Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: - ISSN: 1091-6490 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-26 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505876 Medline TA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Economics and Centre of Research in the Economics of Development, University of Namur, 5000 Namur, Belgium. |
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