Heuristics and the law / edited by G. Gigerenzer and C. Engel.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Gigerenzer, Gerd.

Engel, Christoph, 1956-

Conference Name:

Dahlem Workshop on Heuristics and the Law (2004 : Berlin, Germany)

Series:

Dahlem workshop reports

[Dahlem workshop reports]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Methodology.

Law.

Heuristic.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 485 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press in cooperation with Dahlem University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Experts in law, psychology, and economics explore the power of " fast and frugal" heuristics in the creation and implementation of law

Contents:

Dahlem Workshops vii

1 Law and Heuristics: An Interdisciplinary Venture / Christoph Engel, Gerd Gigerenzer 1

2 Heuristics / Gerd Gigerenzer 17

3 The Problems with Heuristics for Law / Russell Korobkin 45

4 Social Dilemmas Revisited from a Heuristics Perspective / Christoph Engel 61

5 Heuristics inside the Firm: Perspectives from Behavioral Law and Economics / Donald C. Langevoort 87

6 Group Report: Are Heuristics a Problem or a Solution? / Douglas A. Kysar, Rapporteur, Peter Ayton, Robert H. Frank, Bruno S. Frey, Gerd Gigerenzer, Paul W. Glimcher, Russell Korobkin, Donald C. Langevoort, Stefan Magen 103

7 The Optimal Complexity of Legal Rules / Richard A. Epstein 141

8 Bottom-up versus Top-down Lawmaking / Jeffrey J. Rachlinski 159

9 Evolutionary Psychology, Moral Heuristics, and the Law / Leda Cosmides, John Tooby 175

10 The Evolutionary and Cultural Origins of Heuristics That Influence Lawmaking / Wolfgang Fikentscher 207

11 Group Report: What Is the Role of Heuristics in Making Law? / Jonathan Haidt, Rapporteur, Susanne Baer, Leda Cosmides, Richard A. Epstein, Wolfgang Fikentscher, Eric J. Johnson, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Clara Sattler de Sousa e Brito, Indra Spiecker genannt Dohmann 239

12 Heuristics for Applying Laws to Facts / Reid Hastie, Bernd Wittenbrink 259

13 Heuristics in Procedural Law / Gerhard Wagner 281

14 Train Our Jurors / Jonathan J. Koehler 303

15 Rules of Evidence as Heuristics-Heuristics as Rules of Evidence / Joachim Schulz 327

16 Group Report: What Is the Role of Heuristics in Litigation? / Callia Piperides, Rapporteur, Ronald J. Allen, Mandeep K. Dhami, Axel Flessner, Reid Hastie, Jonathan J. Koehler, Richard Lempert, Joachim Schulz, Gerhard Wagner 343

17 Adapt or Optimize? The Psychology and Economics of Rules of Evidence / Robert Cooter 379

18 Do Legal Rules Rule Behavior? / Ralph Hertwig 391

19 Should We Use Decision Aids or Gut Feelings? / Hal R. Arkes, Victoria A. Shaffer 411

20 Law, Information, and Choice: Capitalizing on Heuristic Habits of Thought / Chris Guthrie 425

21 Group Report: How Do Heuristics Mediate the Impact of Law on Behavior? / Daniel G. Goldstein, Rapporteur, Hal R. Arkes, Martin Beckenkamp, Robert Cooter, Robert C. Ellickson, Christoph Engel, Chris Guthrie, Ralph Hertwig, Stephanie Kurzenhauser, Elke U. Weber 439.

Notes:

"Report of the 94th Dahlem Workshop on Heuristics and the Law, Berlin, June 6-11, 2004"--P. ii.

Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0262072750

OCLC:

67361665

Publisher Number:

9780262072755