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Authentic Happiness, Self-Knowledge, & Legal Policy

Peter H. Huang
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Forthcoming
Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-46

Abstract:
This Article analyzes three questions: can, how, and should legal policy help people in their individual quests for authentic happiness. This Article adopts psychologist Martin Seligman's definition of the phrase authentic happiness. This Article provides an introduction to examples of legal policies based upon empirical and experimental research in positive psychology, measures of subjective well-being, and quality of life studies.

Keywords: authentic happiness, positive psychology, subjective well-being, signature strengths, self-concordance, legal policy

JEL Classifications: D60, D63, I131, K10, K30

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Date posted: January 16, 2008 ; Last revised: February 21, 2008

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Huang, Peter H., Authentic Happiness, Self-Knowledge, & Legal Policy. Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Forthcoming; Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-46. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1084043

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