Law and the Modern Mind
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1412808308
ISBN-13
9781412808309
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 15th, 2009
Print length
448 Pages
Weight
646 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
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Presents a bold and persuasive attack on the delusion that the law is a bastion of predictable and logical action. This controversial thesis is that the decisions made by judge and jury are determined to an enormous extent by powerful, concealed, and highly idiosyncratic psychological prejudices that these decision-makers bring to the courtroom.
Law and the Modern Mind first appeared in 1930 when, in the words of Judge Charles E. Clark, it "fell like a bomb on the legal world." In the generations since, its influence has grown-today it is accepted as a classic of general jurisprudence.The work is a bold and persuasive attack on the delusion that the law is a bastion of predictable and logical action. Jerome Frank''s controversial thesis is that the decisions made by judge and jury are determined to an enormous extent by powerful, concealed, and highly idiosyncratic psychological prejudices that these decision-makers bring to the courtroom.
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