How Migrations Affect Private Orders: Norms and Practices in the Fishery of Marseille

The major aim of this article is to examine how migrations affect private governance, taking as a case study the Prud'homie de pêche, a private order that has governed the fishery of Marseille for the past six centuries. Scholarship generally argues that social norms guarantee the efficiency of...

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Published in:Law & society review 2021-03, Vol.55 (1), p.177-202
Main Author: Grisel, Florian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archives & records
Case studies
Centuries
Fisheries
Fishing
Governance
Humanities and Social Sciences
Law
Newcomers
Organized crime
Social change
Social norms
Sociology
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Summary:The major aim of this article is to examine how migrations affect private governance, taking as a case study the Prud'homie de pêche, a private order that has governed the fishery of Marseille for the past six centuries. Scholarship generally argues that social norms guarantee the efficiency of private orders and their ability to resist the arrival of newcomers. My data suggest that the Prud'homie has failed to accommodate social changes prompted by migratory flows, not despite but because of its social norms. This paper suggests that social norms are not only powerful tools of governance for private orders, but also forces of inertia that can prevent these orders from accommodating social changes.
ISSN:0023-9216
1540-5893
DOI:10.1111/lasr.12529