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9781591472551

More Than The Law: Behavioral and Social Facts in Legal Decision Making

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  • ISBN13:

    9781591472551

  • ISBN10:

    1591472555

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-01
  • Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
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Summary

Complex legal issues often involve contested facts that require expert knowledge. In such cases, legal decision makers look to experts from fields as diverse as the behavioral, social, biomedical, or physical sciences to help settle disputes.

Author Biography

Bruce D. Sales is professor of psychology, sociology, psychiatry, and law at the University of Arizona, where he is also director if its Psychology, Policy, and Law Program.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
3(10)
I. Behavioral and Social Facts Are Used in Legal Decision Making
13(48)
Factual Knowledge Is Critical in Legal Decision Making
15(22)
Example: Mandatory Testing for Drug Use by Student Athletes
Multiple Sources of Factual Knowledge
37(24)
Example: Abortion
II. Why Behavioral and Social Factual Knowledge Is Used
61(112)
Identifying and Evaluating the Factual Assumptions Underlying Law
63(22)
Example: Suggestibility of Child Witnesses
Providing the Law With Factual Knowledge to Help Set Legal Goals
85(20)
Example: Workplace Accommodation for Persons With Disabilities
Aiding in the Resolution of Factual Disputes
105(20)
Example: Trademark Infringement
Aiding in the Resolution of Factual Disputes Relating to the Constitutionality of a Law
125(28)
Example: Denying Female Applicants Entry into State-Supported All-Male Schools
Providing Factual, Educational Knowledge to Aid Legal Decision Making
153(20)
Example: Eyewitness Identification
III. Problems Related to the Use of Behavioral and Social Factual Knowledge
173(86)
Law Refuses to Rely on Relevant Factual Knowledge
175(20)
Example: Comprehension of Jury Instructions
Relevant Factual Knowledge Does Not Yet Exist
195(20)
Example: Deterring Illegal Police Behavior
Factual Knowledge Presented Is Irrelevant to the Legal Issue
215(26)
Example: Discriminatory Impact of the Death Penalty
Factual Research Has Limitations
241(18)
Example: Jury Selection
Index 259(12)
About the Authors 271

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