« Folk law » : l’autre levier de la transformation urbaine
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AOC, May 27, 2026
An article by Amelia Thorpe, Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and 2025–2026 fellow at the Paris IAS (Ville de Paris Chair), published in the journal AOC (Analyse Opinion Critique).
Formal law governs the streets, but it is often ‘folk law’ – shared, informal conceptions of what is lawful – that determines how road users actually behave. In Paris, beyond cycle lanes and road closures, it is also in this area that the Hidalgo administration has embarked on an unprecedented transformation.
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