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Heuristics and the law / edited by G. Gigerenzer and C. Engel.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (502 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press in cooperation with Dahlem University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Experts in law, psychology, and economics explore the power of "fast and frugal" heuristics in the creation and implementation of law.
- Contents:
- DahlemWorkshops; List of Participants; Preface; 1 Law and Heuristics; 2 Heuristics; 3 The Problems with Heuristics for Law; 4 Social Dilemmas Revisited from a Heuristics Perspective; 5 Heuristics inside the Firm; 6 Group Report: Are Heuristics a Problem or a Solution?; 7 The Optimal Complexity of Legal Rules; 8 Bottom-up versus Top-down Lawmaking; 9 Evolutionary Psychology,Moral Heuristics, and the Law; 10 The Evolutionary and Cultural Origins of Heuristics That Influence Lawmaking; 11 Group Report: What Is the Role of Heuristics in Making Law?; 12 Heuristics for Applying Laws to Facts
- 13 Heuristics in Procedural Law14 Train Our Jurors; 15 Rules of Evidence as Heuristics-Heuristics as Rules of Evidence; 16 Group Report: What Is the Role of Heuristics in Litigation?; 17 Adapt or Optimize?; 18 Do Legal Rules Rule Behavior?; 19 ShouldWe Use Decision Aids or Gut Feelings?; 20 Law, Information, and Choice; 21 Group Report: How Do Heuristics Mediate the Impact of Law on Behavior?; Author Index; Name Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- "Report of the 94th Dahlem Workshop on Heuristics and the Law, Berlin, June 6-11, 2004"--P. ii.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29340-4
- 1-282-09741-5
- 9786612097416
- 0-262-27382-9
- 1-4294-1609-2
- OCLC:
- 76822221
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