Titre du document / Document title

Losers: Recovering lost property in japan and the United States = Perdants : comparaison de la perte de proriété au Japon et aux Etats-Unis

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

WEST Mark D. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ University of Michigan Law school, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

This article examines the lost property regime of Japan, which has one of the most impressive reputations in the world for returning lost property to its rightful owner, and compares it with that of the United States. Folk legend attributes Japanese lost-and-found success to honesty and other-regarding preferences. In this article, I focus on another possible explanation: legal institutions that efficiently and predictably allocate and enforce possessory rights. These recognized, centuries-old rules mesh with norms, institutional structures, and economic incentives to reinforce mutually the message that each sends and yields more lost-property recovery than altruism alone

Revue / Journal Title

Law & society review   ISSN 0023-9216 

Source / Source

2003, vol. 37, n^o2, pp. 369-423 [55 page(s) (article)] (5 p.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Blackwell, Amherst, MA, ETATS-UNIS  (1966) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Altruism ; Statistics ; Property Rights ; Institutions ; Social Image ; Japan ; United States Of America ; Property ; Sociology of Law ; Comparative analysis ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Altruisme ; Statistiques ; Droit de propriété ; Institution ; Représentation sociale ; Japon ; Etats-Unis ; Propriété ; Sociologie juridique ; Analyse comparative ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 22315, 35400011826816.0020