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Mental Health Experts On Trial: Free Will And Determinism In The Courtroom, Ronald J. Rychlak, Joseph F. Rychlak
Mental Health Experts On Trial: Free Will And Determinism In The Courtroom, Ronald J. Rychlak, Joseph F. Rychlak
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Identifying Law's Unconscious: Disciplinary And Rhetorical Contexts, David S. Caudill
Identifying Law's Unconscious: Disciplinary And Rhetorical Contexts, David S. Caudill
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Maladies Of The Legal Soul: Psychoanalysis And Interpretation In Law, Peter Goodrich
Maladies Of The Legal Soul: Psychoanalysis And Interpretation In Law, Peter Goodrich
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lacan And The Subject Of Law: Sexuation And Discourse In The Mapping Of Subject Positions That Give The Ur-Form Of Law, Ellie Ragland
Lacan And The Subject Of Law: Sexuation And Discourse In The Mapping Of Subject Positions That Give The Ur-Form Of Law, Ellie Ragland
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Law And Biology: Toward An Integrated Model Of Human Behavior, Owen D. Jones
Law And Biology: Toward An Integrated Model Of Human Behavior, Owen D. Jones
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
As first year law students unhappily discover, the meaning of "law" is frustratingly protean, shifting by usage and user. Depending on whom you ask, law is a system of rules, a body of precedents, a legislative enactment, a collection of norms, a process by which social goals are pursued, or some dynamic mixture of these. Law's principal purpose is to define and protect individual rights, to ensure public order, to resolve disputes, to redistribute wealth, to dispense justice, to prevent or compensate for injury, to optimize economic efficiency, or perhaps to do something else. And yet one thing is irreducibly …
The Character Evidence Defense: Acquittal Based On Good Character, Thomas J. Reed
The Character Evidence Defense: Acquittal Based On Good Character, Thomas J. Reed
Cleveland State Law Review
This article centers on the case of United States v. Martinez, the only recent case in which an accused was acquitted on the ground of good moral character. Martinez illustrates the powerful effect of a good character evidence defense that showed the accused led a blameless life before being inveigled into drug courier service by an intimidating DEA informer. This article begins with a brief review of United States v. Martinez. Following a presentation of this case, the article shifts focus to examine what our sister discipline of psychology can tell us about human personality and the cross-situational stability of …