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Full-Text Articles in Law
Trends. International Trade And The Subversion Of Justice: Japan, The European Union, And Iraq, Ibpp Editor
Trends. International Trade And The Subversion Of Justice: Japan, The European Union, And Iraq, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the moral philosophy, the psychology of moral judgment, and treatises on law often suggest that justice subsumes some combination of behavioral and intentional accountability and equity.
Strange Bedfellows: Abraham Maslow As Defender Of Human Rights Violations, Jiang Zemin As Humanist, Ibpp Editor
Strange Bedfellows: Abraham Maslow As Defender Of Human Rights Violations, Jiang Zemin As Humanist, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes an instance in which humanistic psychological theory supports the rationale for behavior frequently linked with human rights violations.
Inconsistency As Consistency: An Optimal Policy For Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
Inconsistency As Consistency: An Optimal Policy For Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article contrasts two common cognitive approaches employed by United States (US) politicians in furthering human rights throughout the world.
To The Best Of My Recollection: Memory Malingerers And Congressional Testimony, Ibpp Editor
To The Best Of My Recollection: Memory Malingerers And Congressional Testimony, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article (1) describes some common concepts of clinical research on memory malingering and (2) advocates the heuristic value of these concepts for political committees seeking to devise methods that elicit truthful statements from individuals providing testimony.
The Abled, Disabled, And Enabled: Is Seeing The Difference A Learning Disability Or Merely A Crime?, Ibpp Editor
The Abled, Disabled, And Enabled: Is Seeing The Difference A Learning Disability Or Merely A Crime?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article identifies many of the Issues underlying the controversy over providing special accommodations for people who state that they have learning disabilities.
Sexual Misconduct And Personnel Management, Ibpp Editor
Sexual Misconduct And Personnel Management, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This paper describes how organizations might best understand and employ the concept of sexual misconduct.
Abusing Deaf Immigrants And Hearing No Evil, Ibpp Editor
Abusing Deaf Immigrants And Hearing No Evil, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the on-going abuse of deaf immigrants.
A Straight Word On Sex For The United States Armed Forces, Ibpp Editor
A Straight Word On Sex For The United States Armed Forces, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article presents aspects of a policy on sexuality that will support "good order and discipline," "character," and other hypothetical constructs allegedly associated with a military's contribution to the security of its sponsors. (For a related article see "Sex as a Military Weapon" in IBPP Vol. 1, No. 14, February 28,1997.)
Touchable Untouchables, Ibpp Editor
Touchable Untouchables, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
With Mexican antidrug efforts as the context, this article describes some psychological impediments to developing and maintaining a trustworthy law enforcement cadre.
Psychopolitics Of International Crime: An Introduction, Ibpp Editor
Psychopolitics Of International Crime: An Introduction, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This paper posits psychological consequences of international organized crime.
Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, And Justice, Justin Schwartz
Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, And Justice, Justin Schwartz
Justin Schwartz
THIS PAPER IS THE CO-WINNER OF THE FRED BERGER PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW FOR THE 1999 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED PAPER IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
The conflict between liberal legal theory and critical legal studies (CLS) is often framed as a matter of whether there is a theory of justice that the law should embody which all rational people could or must accept. In a divided society, the CLS critique of this view is overwhelming: there is no such justice that can command universal assent. But the liberal critique of CLS, that it degenerates into …
If It Can't Be Lake Woebegone...A Nationwide Survey Of Law School Grading And Grade Normalization Practices, Nancy Levit, Robert Downs
If It Can't Be Lake Woebegone...A Nationwide Survey Of Law School Grading And Grade Normalization Practices, Nancy Levit, Robert Downs
Nancy Levit
This article explores various methods of grade normalization used by law schools. Based on a survey of 116 responding ABA accredited law schools, 84% have some form of grade normalization policy, and the trend is toward adoption of grade normalization. The survey assessed the types of normalization plans (distributional requirements, required means, required medians, set standard deviations, and informal policies), as well as the reasons schools have adopted such plans. It also inquired about methods for ensuring faculty compliance as well as justifications for departures from grade norms.
The article considers and responds to the arguments against grade normalization and …
Immaturity And Irresponsibility, Stephen J. Morse
Immaturity And Irresponsibility, Stephen J. Morse
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Evolutionary Analysis In Law: An Introduction And Application To Child Abuse, Owen D. Jones
Evolutionary Analysis In Law: An Introduction And Application To Child Abuse, Owen D. Jones
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
For contemporary biologists, behavior - like physical form - evolves. Although evolutionary processes do not dictate behavior in any inflexible sense, they nonetheless contribute significantly to the prevalence of various behavioral predispositions that, in turn, tend to yield observable patterns of behavior within every known species.
This Article explores the implications for law of evolved behavioral predispositions in humans, urging both caution and optimism.
Part I of the Article provides A Primer in Law-Relevant Evolutionary Biology, assuming no prior knowledge in the subject. Part II coins the term evolutionary analysis in law and proposes a model for conducting it. That …