The psychology of judicial decision making / edited by David Klein, Gregory Mitchell.

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Series: American Psychology-Law Society seriesPublication details: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xv, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780195367584 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0195367588 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

347.731402 KLE 22

LOC classification:

KF8775 .P78 2010

Contents:

Table of contents Introduction David Klein Part I: Judges and Human Behavior 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 Part II: Judging as Specialized Activity 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 Part III: Evaluating and Improving Judging 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 Farber and Suzanna Sherry References

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-334) and index.

Table of contents

Introduction
David Klein

Part I: Judges and Human Behavior
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

Part II: Judging as Specialized Activity
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

Part III: Evaluating and Improving Judging
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 Farber and Suzanna Sherry

References

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