Feb. 16, 2005 — -- Despite the fact that humans sometimes fight fiercely among themselves, one of our most distinctive human traits is our willingness to cooperate with others. Why we are like ...

Why do people cooperate with each other and follow society's rules — and what happens when those who enforce the rules stand to profit from doing so? A new study from the University of California San ...

Yale Law School’s Tom R. Tyler, whose research focuses on how people interact with and perceive legal authorities — especially the police — will travel to Sweden this month to receive the Stockholm ...

UC San Diego researchers show that paying enforcers to punish makes people less likely to cooperate with others, which has major implications for law-enforcement quotas, asset forfeiture, and ...