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• Title:More than the law : behavioral and social facts in legal decision making / Peter W. English, Bruce D. Sales.
  
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• Author/Creator:English, Peter W.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Sales, Bruce Dennis.
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2005.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF385 .E54 2005 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--United States--Psychological aspects.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xi, 272 p. ; 27 cm.
  
• Series:Law and public policy.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1591472555 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Introduction
  I. Behavioral and social facts are used in legal decision making
  Ch. 2. Factual knowledge is critical in legal decision making
  Ch. 3. Multiple sources of factual knowledge
  II. Why behavioral and social factual knowledge is used
  Ch. 4. Identifying and evaluating the factual assumptions underlying law
  Ch. 5. Providing the law with factual knowledge to help set legal goals
  Ch. 6. Aiding in the resolution of factual disputes
  Ch. 7. Aiding in the resolution of factual disputes relating to the constitutionality of a law
  Ch. 8. Providing factual, educational knowledge to aid legal decision making
  III. Problems related to the use of behavioral and social factual knowledge
  Ch. 9. Law refuses to rely on relevant factual knowledge
  Ch. 10. Relevant factual knowledge does not yet exist
  Ch. 11. Factual knowledge presented is irrelevant to the legal issue
  Ch. 12. Factual research has limitations.