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- Title
SPANDREL OR FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER? THE VICES AND VIRTUES OF RETROFITTING IN AMERICAN LAW.
- Authors
DORF, MICHAEL C.
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the social aspects of the retrofitting of American laws as of November 2012, focusing on an analysis of the role of common sense and community values in the decision-making processes of jurors in the U.S. Juror biases and their social and legal impacts are addressed, along with an examination of the legal retrofitting of the common law system in America. An assessment of the work of U.S. judges such as Oliver Wendell Holmes and Learned Hand is also provided.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COMMON law; JURY decision making; HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935; JUROR bias; HAND, Learned, 1872-1961; JURORS' attidudes; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
William & Mary Law Review, 2012, Vol 54, Issue 2, p339
- ISSN
0043-5589
- Publication type
Essay