Professional Judgment for Lawyers

Author: Randall Kiser
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035314829
Published In: July 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Written by the leading authority on legal decision making, Professional Judgment for Lawyers integrates empirical legal research, cognitive and social psychology, organizational behavior, legal ethics, and neuroscience to illuminate and improve decision making by attorneys, clients, judges, arbitrators, mediators, and juries.

Key Features:

Analyzes the quality of decision making by lawyers, clients, judges, mediators, and arbitrators
Shows how race, gender, age, roles, experience, personality, perception, memory, and emotions affect decision making by lawyers and judges
Identifies deficiencies in professional decision making and proposes corrective steps
Discusses the impact of professional judgment and decision making on major societal issues like access to justice, plea bargaining, mass incarceration, superannuated judges, and public confidence in the judicial system • Describes strengths and weaknesses in personal decision making styles and provides a self-assessment tool to evaluate individual styles
Integrates law, neuroscience, psychology, behavioral economics, analytics, and organizational behavior in a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary examination of legal judgment and decision making

This book has the unique capacity to replace idealized, theoretical concepts of legal decision making with empirical analyses and practical applications for lawyers, judges, law students, and other knowledgeable readers intrigued by the law, justice, and decision making.

Principles and Challenges

Neuroscience and Cognition

Emotions

Legal Analysis and Reasonin

Attorneys and Clients

Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators

Jurors and Juries

Insight, Hindsight, and Foresight

Expertise, Motivation, and Wisdom

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Decision-making Styles

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