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A Hidden Epidemic: Assessing The Legal Environment Underlying Mental And Behavioral Health Conditions In Emergencies, James G. Hodge Jr., Lainie Rutkow, Aubrey Joy Corcoran
A Hidden Epidemic: Assessing The Legal Environment Underlying Mental And Behavioral Health Conditions In Emergencies, James G. Hodge Jr., Lainie Rutkow, Aubrey Joy Corcoran
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
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A Behavioral Approach To Human Rights, Andrew K. Woods
A Behavioral Approach To Human Rights, Andrew K. Woods
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
For the last sixty years, scholars and practitioners of international human rights have paid insufficient attention to the ground level social contexts in which human rights norms are imbued with or deprived of social meaning. During the same time period, social science insights have shown that social conditions can have a significant impact on human behavior. This Article is the first to investigate the far-ranging implications of behavioralism—especially behavioral insights about social influence—for the international human rights regime. It explores design implications for three broad components of the regime: the content, adjudication, and implementation of human rights. In addition, the …
Fairness And The Willingness To Accept Plea Bargain Offers, Avishalom Tor
Fairness And The Willingness To Accept Plea Bargain Offers, Avishalom Tor
Journal Articles
In contrast with the common assumption in the plea bargaining literature, we show fairness-related concerns systematically impact defendants' preferences and judgments. In the domain of preference, innocents are less willing to accept plea offers (WTAP) than guilty defendants and all defendants reject otherwise attractive offers that appear comparatively unfair. We also show that defendants who are uncertain of their culpability exhibit egocentrically biased judgments and reject plea offers as if they were innocent. The article concludes by briefly discussing the normative implications of these findings.