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• Title:Problem solving, decision making, and professional judgment : a guide for lawyers and policy makers / Paul Brest, Linda Hamilton Krieger.
  
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• Author/Creator:Brest, Paul.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Krieger, Linda Hamilton, 1954-
  
• Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K346 .B74 2010 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Practice of law--Decision making.
  
• Description:xxx, 665 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780195366327 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  0195366328 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Problem-solving and decision-making processes : deliberation, intuition, and expertise
  Framing problems, identifying objectives, and identifying problem causes
  Generating alternatives : creativity in legal and policy problem solving
  Choosing among alternatives
  Introduction to statistics and probability
  Scores, dollars, and other quantitative variables
  Interpreting statistical results and evaluating policy interventions
  Explaining and predicting one-time events
  Biases in perception and memory
  Biases in processing and judging information
  The social perceiver : processes and problems in social cognition
  Choices, consequences, and trade-offs
  Complexities of decision making : decision processes; relationships to our future selves
  Complexities of decision making continued : the power of frames
  Decision making under risk
  The role of affect in risky decisions
  Social influence
  Influencing behavior through cognition
  Group decision making and the effects of accountability on decision quality
  Conclusion: learning from experience.