Ostrom's core principles for the design of successful commons: how to monitor compliance with rules, how to punish non-compliance, how to resolve disputes, and how to participate in making rules.

Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action, 1990
Erik Nordman, The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action, 2021
"The dirty little secret of contract law"

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