Law and psychology: an introduction

This volume illuminates the wide-ranging, dynamic, and global field of modern law and psychology, unparalleled in its capacity to illuminate human behavior and guide normative perspectives of legal rules and systems. Over forty esteemed international authors address law and psychology topics including overarching frameworks; psychology and legal procedures; criminal law, procedure, trials, and behavior; psychology and legal doctrine; psychology and society; the psychology of lawyers; and international perspectives. Chapters cover the field’s history; justice and legitimacy; behavioral law and economics; emotion; system justification; juries; evidence; neuroscience; false confessions; eyewitness testimony; juvenile justice; arson; tort, property, corporate, health, and environmental law; social norms; relational norms; implicit bias; video evidence; social justice movements; lawyering; pro se litigation; Taiwanese legal procedures; and international behavioral scholarship. Authors showcase sophisticated methodologies, including field research, lab studies, survey work, and novel statistical analyses. The Research Handbook on Law and Psychology offers readers a clear, expansive view of key areas of research in this essential interdisciplinary field.