The Right to Do Wrong

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The Right to Do Wrong is written by Mark Osiel and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674240200 (ISBN 10) and 9780674240209 (ISBN 13).

Much of what we could do, we shouldn’t—and we don’t. Mark Osiel shows that common morality—expressed as shame, outrage, and stigma—is society’s first line of defense against transgressions. Social norms can be indefensible, but when they complement the law, they can save us from an alternative that is far worse: a repressive legal regime.