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Judicial decision making : is psychology relevant? /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wrightsman, Lawrence S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1999.
Series:Perspectives in law & psychology ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Judges > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Law > Psychological aspects.
Decision Making > United States.
Jurisprudence > United States.
Psychology > legislation & jurisprudence > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • How Do Judges Decide?
  • Opinion Formation and Expression
  • Attempts to Influence Judges
  • The Role of the Chief Justice
  • Responses to Influence
  • History of the Psychology-Law Relationship
  • The American Psychological Association's Organized Amicus Activity
  • The APA's Amicus Attemps to Influence the Supreme Court
  • Unsuccessful Attempts to Influence the Court
  • The Future of the Psychology-Law Relationship.