Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making

Download or read book Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making written by Richard L. Wiener and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book invites the legal and psychology communities to work together in solving some of our most pressing social problems. It examines four controversial areas involving people’s perceptions of others. The book is therefore a guide to understanding the valuable contribution of social scientific research in policy formulation in the law, and it addresses the role of psychology in substantive law and legal decision making.