Emotion and the Law Psychological Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bornstein, Brian H. (Editor), Wiener, Richard L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 56
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Law and Psychology.

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...