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- Legal decision making often involves the application of open-textured concepts, and the cognitive sciences can study the psychological processes and perhaps also the biases involved in such an application. Moreover, the results of the cognitive sciences may also be important for the evaluation of law, and for determining what good law might be.
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I will first deal with the root of law, then with its structure, and for each aspect I will first present its conceptual and theoretical background and then describe the connected cognitive-psychological studies and topics of research.
May 31, 2021 · Are the cognitive sciences relevant for law? How do they influence legal theory and practice? Should lawyers become part-time cognitive scientists? The recent advances in the cognitive sciences...
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Apr 21, 2021 · This chapter addresses the issue of cognitive revolutions within law. The cognitive revolutions in question consist of a systematized attempt to apply the methods or findings of natural sciences to legal research and practice.
Apr 21, 2021 · First, if law is traditionally conceived as a set of rules that prescribe what ought to be done, there is a role for the cognitive sciences in determining the facts of the cases to which the law is to be applied (evidential reasoning).
The answer to this question turned out to be a threefold ‘yes’. First, if law is traditionally conceived as a set of rules that prescribe what ought to be done, there is a role for the cognitive sciences in determining the facts of the cases to which the law is to be applied (evidential reasoning).
Jul 5, 2018 · The object of neurolegal analysis is to identify the neurological basis of law-oriented behavior, and to integrate the cognitive sciences into legal knowledge, so as to solve some problems such as the legal capacity to exercise rights, as well as criminal responsibility, anti-social behavior, and the reliability of witnesses (Palazzani and ...
It develops new theories and provides often-provocative insights into the relationship between the cognitive sciences and various dimensions of the law, including legal philosophy and methodology, doctrinal issues, and evidence.