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97. To survive, rules must be passed on somehow, whether in the form of "case reports" or other inter-individual or inter-generational methods. See Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (1989). General parallels between biological evolution and the evolution of legal rules are discussed in FRIEDRICH HAYEK, 1 LAW, LEGISLATION, AND LIBERTY at 44-49 (1973); FRIEDRICH HAYEK, THE CONSTITUTION OF LIBERTY, 56-61 (1960); see generally Tom W. Bell, Polycentric Law, 7 Humane Studies Rev. [ ] (available at http://osf1.gmu.edu/~ihs/w91issues.html).