The Verdict of the Court

Passing Judgment in Law and Psychology

Professor Jenny McEwan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

231 Seiten

2003
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-901362-53-4 (ISBN)

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Comparing psychological theory with court verdicts this book assesses where the separation between law and science is most acute, and most dangerous.

Courts are constantly required to know how people think. They may have to decide what a specific person was thinking on a past occasion; how others would have reacted to a particular situation; or whether a witness is telling the truth. Be they judges,jurors or magistrates, the law demands they penetrate human consciousness. This book questions whether the 'arm-chair psychology' operated by fact-finders, and indeed the law itself, in its treatment of the fact-finders, bears any resemblance to the knowledge derived from psychological research. Comparing psychological theory with court verdicts in both civil and criminal contexts, it assesses where the separation between law and science is most acute, and most dangerous.

Jenny McEwan is Professor of Law at the University of Exeter.

1. Introduction

2. Responsibility

3. Criminal Responsibility

4. Finders of Fact

5. Laymen and the Law

6. The Criminal Process and Personality

7. Laymen and Science

8. The Impact of Psychology on Law

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.10.2003
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
ISBN-10	1-901362-53-1 / 1901362531
ISBN-13	978-1-901362-53-4 / 9781901362534
Zustand	Neuware