Judicial decision making [electronic resource] : is psychology relevant? / Lawrence S. Wrightsman.
This book examines decision making by appellate judges from a psychological viewpoint. The process of deciding a case, from the initial decision whether to grant certiorari to the final announcement of a decision, is analyzed using contemporary concepts from the field of psychology, especially socia...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
1999.
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Series: | Perspectives in law & psychology ;
v. 11. |
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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.