@article{Larcom:16593,
      recid = {16593},
      author = {Larcom, Shaun and Swanson, Timothy M},
      title = {Documenting legal dissonance: regulation of (and by)  payback killing in Papua New Guinea},
      publisher = {University of Cambridge},
      address = {Cambridge. 2013},
      number = {BOOK},
      series = {Working paper / Department of land economy},
      pages = {47 p.},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {We provide a simple model for considering the interaction  between multiple legal regimes existing simultaneously  within a single jurisdiction. We demonstrate that, even  when the fundamental relationship between outputs of such  regimes is to behave as substitutes for one another, the  existence of negative externalities between the enforcement  technologies can result in the withdrawal of enforcement  efforts. We term this phenomenon legal dissonance – the  situation in which legal regimes interact negatively in  their production technologies. This reduction in aggregate  enforcement efforts can result in high levels of crime and  disorder within the pluralistic society. This model is then  demonstrated in regard to the post-colonial state of Papua  New Guinea where significant negative production  externalities are present, enforcement levels are low, and  levels of crime and disorder are high. Survey data is  introduced to demonstrate that these outcomes are in part  attributable to the co-existence of the customary legal  regime providing for “payback killing” with the overlaid  state regime criminalising the same. Disorder may be the  outcome of too much law.},
      url = {http://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/16593},
}