Summary of Benjamin van Rooij & Adam Fine's The Behavioral Code

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Get the Summary of Benjamin van Rooij & Adam Fine's The Behavioral Code in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Why do some laws radically change behavior whereas others are consistently ignored and routinely broken? Why do we keep relying on harsh punishment against crime even though it continues to fail?

Professors Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine present the first accessible analysis of behavioral jurisprudence, which will fundamentally alter how we understand the connection between law and human behavior. Drawing upon decades of research, the authors reveal the behavioral code: the root causes and hidden forces that drive human behavior and our responses to society’s laws.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669341789

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Insights on Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine's The Behavioral Code

Contents

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Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The world is full of little rules that govern everything from what you can and can’t eat, to how you should and shouldn’t drive.

#2

The Law of One Price is an economic principle that states that when supply and demand are in balance, the price of an item will be the same regardless of where you are in the world.

#3

We constantly see examples of how the legal system has helped solve society’s problems. Laws are necessary, and without them, our property would be at risk of being stolen, our small businesses would be swallowed whole by large monopolies, our environment would be degraded even more, and our food would be unsafe to eat.

#4

Despite the many rules and regulations that exist to keep us safe and protect us from harm, these same rules and regulations do not change behavior, and in many cases, they make things worse.

#5

The legal system is not always able to change people’s actions, and yet legislators still think that by writing laws, they can change people’s behaviors. But how can words on a page become action in the real world. That is the question we must try to answer.

#6

The author worked for a traffic safety advocacy group, and was tasked with coming up with creative solutions to get people to wear their seatbelts. He found that the key to getting people to wear their seatbelts was through fear of getting