Positive Law and Policy

Abstract

This is an entry from a forthcoming book, The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology, edited by Shane J. Lopez (forthcoming). This volume has as its target audience high school and college library users in addition to consumers, primarily corporate and government professionals, who are educated but desire more information concerning the many topics that are covered. The encyclopedia is also intended as a resource for budding positive psychologists. This encyclopedia will contain more than 250 separate entries from all areas related to positive psychology. This entry provides an overview of the area of positive law & policy.

Keywords: positive psychology, subjective well-being, legal policy

JEL Classification: D60, D63, I31, K10, K30, K40