The text concerns itself with the scope of the concepts of "social ignorance" in the law, particularly in case law. "Social knowledge" refers to general knowledge about that behavior which society expects and demands in various type situations, and with reactions and sanctions one must reckon with when conduct deviates from model behavior. The low level of knowledge of law, so obvious in modern society, is not primarily to be ascribed to the sheer volume of legal rules and doctrines, but rather to the multiplicity and impenetrability of market behavior, and the economic powerlessness of the...