Legal Blame How Jurors Think and Talk about Accidents

Name: Legal Blame How Jurors Think and Talk about Accidents
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ISBN: 9781557988348

ISBN-10: 155798834X

ISBN-13: 9781557988348

Edition: 2000

Authors: Neal Feigenson

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Publication date: 4/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 301
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Neal Feigenson is Carmen Tortora Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law and author of Legal Blame: How Jurors Think and Talk About Accidents.



Preface


Introduction



Legal Rules and Expert Rationales: Accident Law and Philosophy



The Social Psychology of Juror Judgments I: Cognitive Frameworks and Heuristics



The Social Psychology of Juror Judgments II: Emotions and Legal Judgment



How Jurors Think About Accidents



The Rhetoric of Accidents: How Advocates Help Jurors Think About Liability and Damages



Accidents as Melodrama: Lawyers' Arguments and Jurors' Responses



Prior Beliefs and Common-Sense Judgment: Mock Jurors Deliberate a Medical Malpractice Case



Some Implications of Legal Blaming



Note on Emotions and Social Judgment


Table of Authority


References


Author Index


Subject Index


About the Author