Heuristics and the law (2006)
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Abstract
(From the jacket) In recent decades, the economists' concept of rational choice has dominated legal reasoning. And yet, in practical terms, neither lawbreakers nor officers of the law behave as the hyperrational beings postulated by rational choice. Critics of rational choice and believers in "fast and frugal heuristics" propose another approach: using certain formulations or general principles (heuristics) to help navigate in an environment that is not a well-ordered setting with an occasional disturbance, as described in the language of rational choice, but instead is fundamentally uncertain or characterized by an unmanageable degree of complexity. This is the intuition behind behavioral law and economics. In Heuristics and the Law, experts in law, psychology, and economics explore the conceptual and practical power of the heuristics approach in law. They discuss legal theory; modeling and predicting the problems the law purports to solve; the process of making law, in the legislature or in the courtroom; the application of existing law in the courts, particularly regarding the law of evidence; and implementation of the law and the impact of law on behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
Bibliographic entry
Gigerenzer, G., & Engel, C. (Eds.). (2006). Heuristics and the law. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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