Emotion and the Law Psychological Perspectives /

From questions surrounding motives to the concept of crimes of passion, the intersection of emotional states and legal practice has long interested professionals as well as the public—recent cases involving extensive pretrial publicity, highly charged evidence, and instances of jury nullification co...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bornstein, Brian H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wiener, Richard L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 56
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0696-0
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Table of Contents:
  • Emotion and the Law: A Field Whose Time Has Come
  • Affect in Legal and Forensic Settings: The Cognitive Benefits of Not Being Too Happy
  • Emotional Influences on Judgments of Legal Blame: How They Happen, Whether They Should, and What to Do About It
  • Explorations in Juror Emotion and Juror Judgment
  • Inner Terror and Outward Hate: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Bias Motivated Attacks
  • Truth in Emotional Memories
  • A Moody View of The Law: Looking Back and Looking Ahead at Law and The Emotions.