A Field Evolves: Introduction to the Special Section on Law and Emotion

Emotion Review 8(1): 3-7, 2016

5 Pages Posted: 24 Feb 2020

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Terry A. Maroney

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Date Written: 2015

Abstract

Law and emotion has evolved into a vibrant and diverse field, drawing in legal scholars and interdisciplinary partners from across the social sciences, hard sciences, and humanities. This introduction to the special section on law and emotion traces the history and theoretical underpinnings of this movement and situates the special section within it. The insights of emotion research can help legal scholars and practitioners to better calibrate law to human realities and to foster a desired set of emotional experiences among law’s subjects. Law, in turn, offers to researchers a forum within which to explore emotion in a dynamic and influential real-world setting. The introduction ends with a call to disciplined interdisciplinarity.

Keywords: affective psychology, interdisciplinary, law and emotion

Suggested Citation

Maroney, Terry A., A Field Evolves: Introduction to the Special Section on Law and Emotion (2015). Emotion Review 8(1): 3-7, 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3502620

Terry A. Maroney (Contact Author)

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