Posted 2/29/08
EMOTION IN CONTEXT
EXPLORING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN
EMOTIONS AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
May 9 - 10, 2008
University of Chicago Law School
Room V
1111 East 60th Street
The design of legal institutions is based on assumptions
about human behavior, but these assumptions are too rarely
examined and tested. How do people individually or
collectively respond to new information, assess risks, or
decide who to trust or avoid? What motivates people to
forgive or to seek vengeance? What is the most effective
way to promote or discourage empathy? This conference will
bring together scholars working in philosophy,
neuroscience, neuroeconomics, sociology, psychology,
political science and other disciplines to consider both
how institutional context affects the experience and
expression of emotion, and how emotion norms affect the
shape and operation of legal institutions.
Confirmed participants include: Scott Anderson, Susan
Bandes, Mary Anne Case, John Deigh, Christoph Engel,
Richard Epstein, Oliver Goodenough, Joshua Greene, Kevin
McCabe, Martha Nussbaum, Elizabeth Phelps, and Cass
Sunstein.
REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:
Admission is free but advance registration is required. For
additional information, please visit our website at:
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/Lawecon/events.html
or contact:
CONTACT: Susan Bandes
Email: MAILTO:sbandes@uchicago.edu
or
CONTACT: Marjorie Holme
Email: MAILTO:mholme@uchicago.edu
Emotions and Institutions is sponsored by the University of
Chicago Law School, the Gruter Institute for Law and
Behavioral Research, the DePaul University College of Law
and the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at the
University of Chicago Law School.
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