| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 338 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
American Psychology-Law Society series |
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American Psychology-Law Society series.
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| Contents |
Motivation and judicial behavior : expanding the scope of inquiry / Lawrence Baum -- Multiple constraint satisfaction in judging / Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Robert J. MacCoun, and John M. Darley -- Top-down and bottom-up models of judicial reasoning / Brandon L. Bartels -- Persuasion in the decision making of U.S. Supreme Court justices / Lawrence S. Wrightsman -- Judges as members of small groups / Wendy L. Martinek -- The Supreme Court, social psychology, and group formation / Neal Devins and Will Federspiel -- Is there a psychology of judging? / Frederick Schauer -- Features of judicial reasoning / Emily Sherwin -- In praise of pedantic eclecticism : pitfalls and opportunities in the psychology of judging / Dan Simon -- Judges, expertise, and analogy / Barbara A. Spellman -- Thresholds for action in judicial decisions / Len Dalgleish, James Shanteau, and April Park -- Every jury trial is a bench trial : judicial engineering of jury disputes / C.K. Rowland, Tina Traficanti, and Erin Vernon -- Searching for constraint in legal decision making / Eileen Braman -- Evaluating judges / Gregory Mitchell -- Defining good judging / Andrew J. Wistrich -- Expertise of court judges / James Shanteau and Len Dalgleish -- Cognitive style and judging / Gregory Mitchell and Philip E. Tetlock -- Building a better judiciary / Daniel A. Farber and Suzanna Sherry |
| Summary |
This volume of essays examines the psychological processes that underlie judicial decision making. The book takes as its starting point the fact that judges make many of the same judgments and decisions that ordinary people make and considers how our knowledge about judgment applies to the case of legal judges |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Judicial process -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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Judgments -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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Judicial process -- Psychological aspects.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Klein, David E., 1970-
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Mitchell, Gregory (Law teacher)
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| ISBN |
9780199710133 |
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0199710139 |
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