Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Shasta County -- 1. Shasta County and Its Cattle Industry -- 2. The Politics of Cattle Trespass -- 3. The Resolution of Cattle-Trespass Disputes -- 4. Who Pays for Boundary Fences? -- 5. Disputes Arising out of Highway Collisions Involving Livestock -- 6. The Effects of Closed-Range Ordinances -- Part II. A Theory of Norms -- 7. The System of Social Control -- 8. Shortcomings of Current Theories of Social Control -- 9. The Puzzle of Cooperation -- 10. A Hypothesis of Welfare-Maximizing Norms -- 11. Substantive Norms: Of Bees, Cattle, and Whales -- 12. Remedial Norms: Of Carrots and Sticks -- 13. Procedural and Constitutive Norms: Of Gossip, Ritual, and Hero Worship -- 14. Controller-Selecting Norms: Of Contracts, Custom, and Photocopies -- Part III. The Future of Norms -- 15. Testing the Content of Norms -- 16. Conclusions and Implications -- Appendix. Research Methods -- Index.