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The expressive function of law is the effect of law to create or validate social norms beyond the fear of punishment.[1][2] For example, the criminalization of homosexuality may be maintained in order to express disapproval of homosexuality, even if it is not regularly enforced.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ McGinn, Thomas A. (2015). "The Expressive Function of Law and the Lex Imperfecta". Roman Legal Tradition. 11: 1.
  • ^ Funk, P. (2007). "Is There An Expressive Function of Law? An Empirical Analysis of Voting Laws with Symbolic Fines". American Law and Economics Review. 9 (1): 135–159. doi:10.1093/aler/ahm002.
  • ^ Goodman, Ryan (2001). "Beyond the Enforcement Principle: Sodomy Laws, Social Norms, and Social Panoptics". California Law Review. 89: 643–740. doi:10.2307/3481180. JSTOR 3481180.

    • Further reading[edit]

  • Dharmapala, D. (2003). "The Condorcet Jury Theorem and the Expressive Function of Law: A Theory of Informative Law". American Law and Economics Association. 5 (1): 1–31. doi:10.1093/aler/5.1.1.
  • McAdams, Richard H. (2015). The Expressive Powers of Law: Theories and Limits. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-96720-5.
  • Mullender, Richard (1998). "Racial Harassment, Sexual Harassment, and the Expressive Function of Law". Modern Law Review. 61 (2): 236–244. doi:10.1111/1468-2230.00140.
  • Sunstein, Cass R. (1996). "On the Expressive Function of Law". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 144 (5): 2021–2053. doi:10.2307/3312647. ISSN 0041-9907. JSTOR 3312647. S2CID 145045706.

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