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The Sense of Justice
Biological Foundations of Law
Edited by:
- Roger Masters - Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
- Margaret Gruter - The Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research
Volume:
136
Series:
SAGE Focus Editions
SAGE Focus Editions
March 1992 | 310 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
What does it mean to have a "sense of justice"? Why is clarity about the sense of justice a critical issue in contemporary legal theory? And, what contribution can be made by a naturalistic theory that is informed by research in the life sciences?
The distinguished contributors to The Sense of Justice introduce scholars and advanced students to the social and behavioral foundations for the "sense of justice" -- a form of balance or equilibrium which both individuals and legal systems seek to achieve and maintain in a changing and complex world. With diverse disciplinary backgrounds, the contributors bring various viewpoints to bear on the prospect of a more coherent theory of human justice. The Sense of Justice draws upon new discoveries and insights from the biologically-based behavioral sciences that are critical for a more informed understanding of legal phenomena, especially those dealing with complex social and political relationships.
Most appropriate for criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and political science professionals and students.
Roger D Masters
The Problem of Justice in Contemporary Legal Thought
PART ONE: LAW, BIOLOGY, AND THE SENSE OF JUSTICE
Michael T McGuire
Moralistic Aggression, Processing Mechanisms, and the Brain
Robert Frank
Emotion and the Costs of Altruism
Roger D Masters
Naturalistic Approaches to Justice in Political Philosophy and the Life Sciences
PART TWO: LEGAL THEORY, NATURE AND THE SENSE OF JUSTICE
Margaret Gruter
An Ethological Perspective on Law and Biology
Wolfgang Fikentscher
The Sense of Justice and the Concept of Cultural Justice
Peter Strahlendorf
Traditional Legal Concepts from an Evolutionary Perspective
PART THREE: LEGAL PRACTICE, SOCIAL NORMS, AND THE SENSE OF JUSTICE
William H Rodgers Jr
Intuition, Altruism and Spite
Karen Cook and Karen Hegtvedt
Empirical Evidence of the Sense of Justice
Herbert Helmrich
An Ethological Interpretation of the Sense of Justice on the Basis of German Law
PART FOUR: NATURE, CULTURE, AND THE SENSE OF JUSTICE
Frans B M De Waal
The Chimpanzee's Sense of Social Regularity and its Relation to the Human Sense of Justice
William R Charlesworth
The Child's Development of the Sense of Justice
Lionel Tiger
The Evolution of Cultural Norms
Roger D Masters (with comments by Robert Cooter and E Donald Elliott)
Toward a More Coherent Theory of Justice