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The Insights, Uses, And Ethics Of Social Neuroscience In Anti-Discrimination Law, Susan Carle
The Insights, Uses, And Ethics Of Social Neuroscience In Anti-Discrimination Law, Susan Carle
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
The article explores the uses in anti-discrimination law of social neuroscience—a broad interdisciplinary field that draws on the insights of brain science, medicine, epidemiology, social psychology, behavioral economics, moral cognitive neuroscience and many other experimentally based disciplines. It discusses the promising uses of social neuroscience findings from all these subfields on such matters as the irrational biases of “fast” thinking processes in general, and implicit biases against “out” groups more specifically, as well as group conformity, the black sheep effect, and more. The article traces a few of the ways these insights can help inform anti-discrimination law in both particular …
Standing Alone: Conformity, Coercion, And The Protection Of The Holdout Juror, Jason D. Reichelt
Standing Alone: Conformity, Coercion, And The Protection Of The Holdout Juror, Jason D. Reichelt
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The holdout juror in felony criminal trials is a product of the near-universal decision rule in federal and state courts of a unanimous verdict. In recent years, courts have increasingly inquired into a jury's deliberations when a holdout juror has been identified amid allegations of misconduct. This Article helps bridge the considerable gap between cognitive psychology and legal scholarship, analyzing the thought processes of the holdout juror through the application of empirical evidence and psychological modeling, to conclude that the improved protection of the holdout juror is a necessary and critical component to the preservation of a defendant's right to …
O.J. Simpson Verdict Raises Questions About Jury System, Aubrey Immelman
O.J. Simpson Verdict Raises Questions About Jury System, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
This opinion column examines whether conformity pressures, confirmation bias, and belief perseverance could have influenced jury deliberations and the verdict in The State of California v. O. J. Simpson.