Implications for Law of a Unified Behavioral Science

Behavioral & Brain Sciences, Vol. 30, p. 30, 2007

3 Pages Posted: 1 May 2010

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Owen D. Jones

Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences

Date Written: May 1, 2007

Abstract

The argument for unifying behavioral sciences can be enhanced by highlighting concrete, vivid, and useful benefits that coherent behavioral models could provide. Shifting sets of behavioral assumptions underlie every legal system’s efforts to modify behaviors by changing incentives in the legal environment. Consequently, where those assumptions are flawed, improved behavioral models could improve law’s effectiveness and efficiency in regulating behavior.

This essay comments, in part, on Herbert Gintis, 'A Framework for the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences,' Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2007.

Keywords: Law, Behavioral Biology, Behavioral Science, Evolutionary Analysis In Law

Suggested Citation

Jones, Owen D., Implications for Law of a Unified Behavioral Science (May 1, 2007). Behavioral & Brain Sciences, Vol. 30, p. 30, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1598721

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