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Is there a future for the law? In this book, Florian Grisel addresses one of the most fascinating questions raised by social scientists in the past few decades. Since the 1980s, socio-legal scholars have argued that governance based on social norms (or "private governance") can offer an alternative to regulation by the law. On this account, private governance could be socially efficient and even optimal compared with other modes of governance. The Limits of Private Governance supplements this optimistic analysis of private governance by assessing the long-term evolution of a private order in the fishery of Marseille. In the last eight centuries, the fishers of Marseille have regulated their community without apparent means of legal support from the French state. In the early 15th century, they even created an organisation called the Prud'homie de Peche in order to regulate their fishery. Based on archival evidence, interviews and ethnographic data, Grisel examines the evolution of the Prud'homie de Peche and argues that the strong social norms in which it is embedded are not only powerful tools of governance, but also forces of inertia that have constrained its regulatory action. The lessons drawn from this book will appeal to academics, policy-makers and members of the general public who have an interest in the governance of our modern societies.
PART I GENESIS 1. Social Order in the Fishery of Marseille I. Introduction II. The Rise of Private Orders A. The Pioneers of Private Ordering: Two Main Strands of Scholarship B. The Building Blocks of Private Governance C. Challenges D. Methodology III. The Prud'homie: A System of Private Governance? A. Long-Term Relations B. Circulation of Information C. The Paradox of the Prud'homie IV. Norms and Rules in Systems of Private Governance A. Norm-Based Order B. Rule-Based Order V. Conclusion 2. From Norms to Rules I. Introduction II. The Fishers of Marseille and their Social Norms A. Cooperation Among Fishers in Ancient Marseille B. The Guild of Fishers in the Commune of Marseille C. Norms and Conflict Resolution in the Middle Ages III. The Birth of the Prud'homie and its Rule-Making Functions A. The Medieval Notion of Prud'homie B. The Birth of the Prud'homie C. The Rule-Making Functions of the Prud'homie i. Creating Rules ii. Collecting Rules iii. Applying Rules IV. Accommodating New Practices: The Case of the Floating Nets A. Floating Nets and Tuna Fishing B. Floating Nets and Sardine Fishing V. Conclusion PART II RESISTANCE 3. Along Came Globalisation I. Introduction II. The Madragues in the Fishery of Marseille A. The Equal-Shareholding System B. The Tenancy System C. Growing Debt and Social Conflicts D. The Proliferation of the Madragues and the Decline of Tuna Stocks III. Labour Migrations and the Arrival of the Catalans A. The Arrival of the Catalans B. Tit-for-Tat in the Fishery of Marseille C. Increased Tensions IV. Conclusion 4. A Battle of Norms I. Introduction II. Engines and Dragnets A. The Rise of the Engine as a Prime Mover B. In Defence of Dragnets: Bregin, Eyssaugue, Gangui and Peche au Boeuf C. Modernity Meets History: The Race Towards Engine Power i. Set-Net Fishing ii. Purse-Seine Fishing iii. Trawler Fishing III. Dynamite Fishing A. Explosives and Dynamite B. Lethal Weapons in the Fishery of Marseille C. Blasting the Fishery: The Use of Dynamite in Marseille IV. Electric Light as Bait A. The Tradition of Fire Fishing B. The Birth of the 'fee electricite' i. Accommodating Traditional and Modern Techniques: The Emergence of the Lamparo V. Conclusion Postscript: Provencal Poem by Pierre Molinari (1875), The Massacre of the Sea Perpetrated by the Tradespeople or the Destruction of Fish PART III COLLAPSE 5. Law and (Private) Order I. Introduction II. The Creeping Codification of the Prud'homie A. The Great Maritime Ordinance of 1681 B. The Council of State's Decision of 1738 C. The Presidential Decrees of 1852 and 1859 D. Challenges to the Powers of the Prud'homie before the Supreme Court i. The Canesse Case ii. The Galiffet Case E. The Decree of 1852 F. The Decree of 1859 III. The State Strikes Back A. A Failed Attempt to Curtail the Prud'homie's Powers B. Grandval and the Decision of the Council of State (1962) IV. Fill or Kill: The EU's Regulatory Agenda A. The EU Enters the Game: Regulating the Fishery from Above B. The Prud'homie: 'Not a Court or Tribunal'? V. Conclusion 6. Between Facts and Beliefs I. Introduction II. The Precarious Survival of the Prud'homie A. The Community of Fishers in the Past Decades i. A Social Trauma: The Bombing of St Jean (1943) ii. Demographic Changes B. Whither the Prud'homie? i. The Prud'homie: An Empty Regulatory Shell? ii. The Prud'homie as a Cultural Symbol iii. The Persistence of Social Norms III. The Limits of Private Governance A. Open Norms, Closed Rules B. Normative Resilience, Institutional Schizophrenia and Paranomie C. The Nature of Social Norms IV. Conclusion
Author(s) | By Florian Grisel (University of Oxford, UK). |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
ISBN | 9781509953981 |
Format | Paperback / softback |
Pages | 224 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 20 Apr 2023 |
Availability | POD |
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