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Implications for law of a unified behavioral science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2007

Owen D. Jones
Affiliation:
Departments of Law and Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203-1181. owen.jones@vanderbilt.eduhttp://law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/jones.html
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Abstract

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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.

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2007 Cambridge University Press