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Pride & Property: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of Their Symbiotic Relationship, Donald J. Kochan
Pride & Property: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of Their Symbiotic Relationship, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
Compartmentalized Thinking And The Clean Water Act, Christine A. Klein
Compartmentalized Thinking And The Clean Water Act, Christine A. Klein
Christine A. Klein
Modern water pollution control traces back to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Clean Water Act or CWA). Like other statutes of its period, the CWA addresses pollution of a single medium, water. Despite its goal of achieving aquatic integrity, the CWA succumbs to what this article refers to as “compartmentalized thinking.” That is, in drafting the CWA, Congress created a series of regulatory boxes that separate water into constituent parts recognized by law, but not by nature. Undertaking a deeper examination of the fragmentation instinct, this article turns to political theory and cognitive psychology for explanations. In …
The Legitimacy Of Crimmigration Law, Juliet P. Stumpf
The Legitimacy Of Crimmigration Law, Juliet P. Stumpf
Juliet P Stumpf
Crimmigration law—the intersection of immigration and criminal law—with its emphasis on immigration enforcement, has been hailed as the lynchpin for successful political compromise on immigration reform. Yet crimmigration law’s unprecedented approach to interior immigration and criminal law enforcement threatens to undermine public belief in the fairness of immigration law. This Article uses pioneering social science research to explore people’s perceptions of the legitimacy of crimmigration law. According to Tom Tyler and other compliance scholars, perceptions about procedural justice—whether people perceive authorities as acting fairly—are often more important than a favorable outcome such as winning the case or avoiding arrest. Legal …
Identifying Law's Unconscious: Disciplinary And Rhetorical Contexts, David S. Caudill
Identifying Law's Unconscious: Disciplinary And Rhetorical Contexts, David S. Caudill
David S Caudill
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September 11th: Pro Bono And Trauma, Marjorie A. Silver
September 11th: Pro Bono And Trauma, Marjorie A. Silver
Marjorie A. Silver
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Understanding The Cycle Of Procrastination, Meehan Rasch
Understanding The Cycle Of Procrastination, Meehan Rasch
Meehan Rasch
Procrastination is one of the enduring challenges of human existence, as well as one of the chief problems with which law students struggle. Understanding the cycle of procrastination can help law professors and advisors more constructively address students’ issues in this area—not to mention our own.
Empathy For Psychopaths: Using Fmri Brain Scans To Plea For Leniency In Death Penalty Cases, Kimberly D. Phillips
Empathy For Psychopaths: Using Fmri Brain Scans To Plea For Leniency In Death Penalty Cases, Kimberly D. Phillips
Kimberly D Phillips
Insights From Psychology For Copyright's Originality Doctrine, Cameron J. Hutchison
Insights From Psychology For Copyright's Originality Doctrine, Cameron J. Hutchison
Cameron J Hutchison
The discipline of psychology has much to offer the law of copyright. For example, determining whether or not a work is original in a legal sense implicates, and may be enriched by, the psychology of creativity. This paper is a foray into the linkage between psychological understandings of creativity and the legal standard of originality. While the methodologies and approaches to the psychological sub-discipline of creativity are many, certain frameworks are chosen which seem most relevant and probative to the task: psychoanalysis (specifically, Jungian psychoanalysis), experimental psychology (specifically, the cognitive science of creativity or “cognitive creativity”), and social psychology (specifically, …