Law and Order Without Coercion.

The article discusses the significant issues related to law and public policy in the U.S. It explains the extent as to which private actors can regulate their own behavior without government coercion. It demonstrates the circumstances in which human beings have provided law and order to govern their affairs without the monopolized use of coercive physical force or violence characteristic of, and defining governmental regulation. It outlines the commonly relied-upon justifications for the use of coercive governmental force in regulating human affairs. A survey of literature on private legal solutions to problems of coordination is also presented.