When lockdown law is effectively unenforceable, what motivates people to obey it?

Jackson, Jonathan ORCID: 0000-0003-2426-2219 and Bradford, Ben ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-5638 (2021) When lockdown law is effectively unenforceable, what motivates people to obey it? LSE COVID-19 Blog (10 Mar 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Do people obey lockdown rules because the law demands it, or out of a sense of collective duty? Jonathan Jackson (LSE) and Ben Bradford (UCL) argue that law has offered a powerful way for people to understand their social obligations during the pandemic.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	Methodology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2021 08:42
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:07
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108990

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