Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making Psychological Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wiener, Richard L. (Editor), Bornstein, Brian H. (Editor), Schopp, Robert (Editor), Willborn, Steven L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Law.; Criminology.; Clinical psychology.; Law and Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Law, general.

Our basic assumption about the law is that it is designed to operate fairly and openly. But with human beings as the ultimate decision makers, how do we prevent discrimination within the legal arena, and how does the law decide whether others have behaved in a discriminatory manner? Social Conscious...