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Mental Model

Chilling Effect

CE
Philosophy, Law & Politics

A chilling effect occurs when the threat of legal action, retaliation, or sanction causes people to avoid lawful conduct. The harm is not the penalty itself but the...

The core idea

A chilling effect occurs when the threat of legal action, retaliation, or sanction causes people to avoid lawful conduct. The harm is not the penalty itself but the...

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