Do Norms Count? State Regulation and Compliance in a Norwegian Fishing Community

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ID2300546
AutoresStig S Gezeliu (0000-0002-5137-0912, autor correspondente), Stig S Gezelius (Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute (NILF), P.O. Box 8024 Dep., NO-0030 Oslo, Norway)
Ano2002
Volume45
Fascículo4
Páginas305-314
Data de publicação2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoActa Sociologica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000169930204500404
OpenAlexW1998515443
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas32
Referências citadas32

This article addresses the interface between law and the morality of civil society. It starts with a review of the discourse between the utilitarian approach to rationality and perspectives which include normative action. It subsequently explores the dynamics of compliance and noncompliance among a group of Norwegian fishermen. The choice of compliance was guided by an informally enforced set of moral norms, which largely dissolved the connection between expected benefit and the likeliness of infractions. This moral system defined instances in which violations could take place without being met with informal sanctions, and thus also allowed for strategic action to some extent. The article illustrates how civil society enforces the law according to moral rather than legal standards, and it ends with a suggested concept of legitimacy of law

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