The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making

<br>"The book is truly interdisciplinary, with many chapters covering two or three disciplines (law, psychology, and political science). Much of the work shows a solid understanding and appreciation for research in other disciplines...This would be a welcome text to any undergraduate class addressing judicial politics, political psychology, decision making, or one that specifically focuses on the role of judges." -- Department of Political Science, University of Kentucky<p><br>

<br>David E. Klein is Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia. <br>Gregory Mitchell is Professor of Law and E. James Kelly, Jr.-Class of 1965 Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law<br>

Introduction David Klein Part I: Judges and Human Behavior Motivation and Judicial Behavior: Expanding the Scope of Inquiry Lawrence Baum Multiple Constraint Satisfaction in Judging Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Robert J. MacCoun, and John M. Darley Top-Down and Bottom-Up Models of Judicial Reasoning Brandon L. Bartels Persuasion in the Decision Making of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Lawrence S. Wrightsman Judges as Members of Small Groups Wendy L. Martinek The Supreme Court, Social Psychology, and Group Formation Neal Devins and Will Federspiel Part II: Judging as Specialized Activity Is There a Psychology of Judging? Frederick Schauer Features of Judicial Reasoning Emily Sherwin In Praise of Pedantic Eclecticism: Pitfalls and Opportunities in the Psychology of Judging Dan Simon Judges, Expertise, and Analogy Barbara A. Spellman Thresholds For Action in Judicial Decisions Len Dalgleish, James Shanteau and April Park Every Jury Trial Is a Bench Trial: Judicial Engineering of Jury Disputes C. K. Rowland, Tina Traficanti, and Erin Vernon Searching for Constraint in Legal Decision Making Eileen Braman Part III: Evaluating and Improving Judging Evaluating Judges Gregory Mitchell Defining Good Judging Andrew J. Wistrich Expertise of Court Judges James Shanteau and Len Dalgleish Cognitive Style and Judging Gregory Mitchell and Philip E. Tetlock Building a Better Judiciary Daniel Farber and Suzanna Sherry References