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The Psychology of Tort Law

Jennifer K. Robbennolt

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Description for The Psychology of Tort Law Paperback. Series: Psychology and the Law. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Tort law regulates most human activities: from driving a car to using consumer products to providing or receiving medical care. Injuries caused by dog bites, slips and falls, fender benders, bridge collapses, adverse reactions to a medication, bar fights, oil spills, and more all implicate the law of torts. The rules and procedures by which tort cases are resolved engage deeply-held intuitions about justice, causation, intentionality, and the obligations that we owe to one another. Tort rules and procedures also generate significant controversy-most visibly in political debates over tort reform. The Psychology of Tort Law explores tort law through the ... Read more

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Publisher

New York University Press

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2016

Series

Psychology and the Law

Condition

New

Weight

523g

Number of Pages

320

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9781479814183

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V9781479814183

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About Jennifer K. Robbennolt

Jennifer K. Robbennolt is the Alice Curtis Campbell Professor Law and Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois. She is co-author of the recent book Psychology for Lawyers: Understanding the Human Factors in Negotiation, Litigation, and Decision Making and the influential casebook, Dispute Resolution and Lawyers. Valerie P. Hans is Professor of Law at Cornell Law School (NY). She ... Read more

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The book is a good introduction to the psychological perspective and a well-organized summary of what social scientists have so far discovered. It may be useful in social science courses covering decision making.-CHOICE Provides an engaging description of how human psychology influences both the development of tort law and policy and the decisions of litigants, lawyers, judges, and jurors ... Read moreas they navigate the American civil justice system. Their explanations of psychological theory include cutting-edge empirical research and vivid descriptions of classic court cases that lawyers will immediately recognize from law school as well as contemporary cases drawn from today's headlines. For lawyers, the volume offers valuable insights about how judges and jurors are likely to interpret evidence presented at trial. For policymakers, it highlights the conflicts that arise when human intuition diverges from traditional principles of tort law. And it challenges researchers in social psychology and law with a host of unexplored topics to investigate. -Paula Hannaford-Agor,Director, Center for Jury Studies, National Center for State Courts This book series is off to a fantastic start with this volume on tort law. . . . [The volume] is expansive but highly engaging and readable. The authors, both psychologists teaching in law schools, maximize the utility of their efforts by bringing normally scattered psychological research findings to bear on core concepts in the law. Those who believe that the law should develop its doctrines with reference to human psychology will be immensely aided in their efforts to achieve that objective by the availability of this comprehensive but very accessible review of existing psychological research findings relevant to tort law. -Tom R. Tyler,Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Yale University Robbennolt and Hans, both law professors with PhDs in psychology, have created the first comprehensive analysis of the insights about torts provided by modern cognitive and social psychology. This innovative volume offers an inviting guide to the psychology of tort law and the decision making of plaintiffs, defendants, judges, and juries. Teaching torts should never be the same. -Shari Seidman Diamond,Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University For law-minded psychologists who have tended to focus on matters of criminal law, [Robbennolt and Hans] have opened a window onto an entirely new landscape of interesting legal issues to examine. -PsycCRITIQUES Show Less

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