Production and Consumption of Informal Law: A Model for Identifying Information Loss

Authors

Sandra M. Huszagh, University of Georgia College of Business Administration
Fredrick W. Huszagh, University of Georgia School of LawFollow

Georgia Law Review, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Winter 1979), pp. 515-548

Abstract

This Article seeks to indicate where the probability of citizen ignorance is greatest, and to identify the important independent variables that determine the probable level of ignorance. On the basis of this analysis, the Article sets forth a model designed to facilitate development of law communication reforms that can restore legitimacy to the government's assumption that ignorance is not a proper defense to noncompliance. The model can be applied at any jurisdictional level. The nine charts at the end of the Article illustrate how various communication factors individually and cumulatively condition information flow at each level.

Repository Citation

Sandra M. Huszagh and Fredrick W. Huszagh, Production and Consumption of Informal Law: A Model for Identifying Information Loss (1979),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/102