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shadow of the law: a standalone construct

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shadow ofthe law1 CONSTRUCTShadow of the lawMNOOKIN · LAW AND SOCIETY

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Law and society

how the expected outcome of going to court shapes the terms that parties negotiate privately, as in divorce.

In law and society, shadow of the law refers to how the expected outcome of going to court shapes the terms that parties negotiate privately, as in divorce. This meaning comes from Mnookin (1979) in The Yale Law Journal.[1]

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  1. Mnookin, R. H., & Kornhauser, L. (1979). Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce. The Yale Law Journal, 88(5), 950. https://doi.org/10.2307/795824

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