Projects

Civil justice

Condemn-Nation: The Social Psychological Foundations of the Kelo Backlash: Authors: Shari Seidman Diamond, Janice Nadler, Updated Jan 23, 2008; This project seeks to understand and explain the extreme public reaction to the Kelo case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that governments are permitted to force the sale of private property…
Expressive Law: Authors: Janice Nadler, Richard McAdams, Updated Jan 23, 2008; This project seeks to understand empirically the effects that law has apart from sanctions that it imposes. It tests experimentally the theory that law influences behavior in coordination games with…
The Social Psychological Role of Subjective Harm in Punishment: Authors: Janice Nadler, Mary R. Rose, Updated Jan 23, 2008; This research investigates the factors that play a psychological role in laypersons’ decisions about justice and responsibility. In criminal cases jurors sometimes hear, by way of victim impact…