conflicting custom to go some way toward producing the change intended by the legislator. It then acts as an 'outside anchor' that … exerts a 'magnet effect' on the custom. We illustrate this insight using examples on inheritance, marriage, and divorce …

The custom often acts as a powerful hindrance to equity-increasing changes. In this paper, we present a simple model of … legal dualism in which a progressive legal reform can, under certain conditions, shift the conflicting custom in the … direction intended by the legislator. Formal law then acts as an outside anchor that exerts a 'magnet effect’ on the custom. We …

conflicting custom to go some way toward producing the change intended by the legislator. It then acts as an "outside anchor" that … exerts a "magnet effect" on the custom. We illustrate this insight using examples on inheritance, marriage, and divorce …

augment human deciders. Fair play stands in for justice. They are combined and set in a polycentric system of governance, with …