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Pick Your Principle
“My whole take on the gay rights issue, particularly gay marriage, is, let’s be honest, if you’re against gay marriage, you just don’t like gay people and you want to stick it to ‘em. And I’m not...
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Canons of Confabulation
Knowles and Ditto’s article on Preference, Principle, and Causistry – detailed elsewhere on this blog – bears a striking resemblance to Karl Llewellyn’s famous critique of the use of canons of...
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Fractal Conflict Spirals & the Abortion Debate
The epitome of a conflict spiral? Since the 2010 election, there have been a variety of bills proposed by Republicans, at both state & federal levels, that may result in restrictions on a woman’s...
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Three Scholars Worth Your Time: Part 4
Dr. Marty Seligman Dr. Marty Seligman is the founder of Positive Psychology and a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. One afternoon, while he was weeding, his five-year-old daughter, Nikki,...
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Three Scholars Worth Your Time: Part 5
1. Sonja Lyubomirsky is a psychology professor at UC Riverside and the author of a fantastic book called The How of Happiness. Ms. Lyubomirsky is a researcher in the burgeoning field of positive...
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Three Scholars Worth Your Time: Part 6
Daniel Gilbert Daniel Gilbert is a professor of psychology at Harvard University. He is the author of the immensely intriguing New York Times bestseller Stumbling on Happiness. He also gave several...
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A Proposal for the use of Psychodrama in Law School
Kingsfield lectures in "The Paper Chase" The Christmas before I came to law school my parents gave me a DVD of The Paper Chase. It’s a common gift for future law students even though it’s dated and...
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Dr. Marty Seligman
As an undergraduate, Dr.Marty Seligman and his research on positive psychology had a major impact on not only on my academic pursuits, but on my personal life. When Mary Seligman became president of...
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You Are Not So Smart
This great post by Rachel the week before last reminded me of an excellent blog I came across recently and thought meshed really well with the themes we address here. Over at You Are Not So Smart: A...
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Barbie Commercials Across the Decades and the Implications on Female Identity...
In the past weeks, the Law and Mind Sciences blogposts have included observations about media influences and gender, including Misogyny in Music, Mindfulness and Identity in the context of yogurt...
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