• DOI:10.1007/S10657-013-9424-X
Corpus ID: 41552010

Pirates, prisoners, and preliterates: anarchic context and the private enforcement of law

@article{Leeson2014PiratesPA,
  title={Pirates, prisoners, and preliterates: anarchic context and the private enforcement of law},
  author={P. Leeson},
  journal={European Journal of Law and Economics},
  year={2014},
  volume={37},
  pages={365-379}
}

P. Leeson

Published 2014

Economics

European Journal of Law and Economics

This paper investigates institutions that develop to strengthen or expand the discipline of continuous dealings as a mechanism for privately enforcing law. I consider three such institutions in three different anarchic contexts: that of Caribbean pirates; that of drug-dealing gangs and prison inmates; and that of preliterate tribesmen. These cases highlight several ways in which different anarchic contexts give rise to different private law enforcement institutions. The varieties of private law… CONTINUE READING

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