Evolutionary Analysis in Law: Some Objections Considered

Jones, Owen D.

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Evolutionary Analysis in Law: Some Objections Considered

27 Pages Posted: 2 Nov 2004

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Owen D. Jones

Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences

Abstract

This Article appears in a special issue of the Brooklyn Law Review on DNA: Lessons from the Past - Problems for the Future. It first addresses why law needs insights from behavioral biology, and then identifies and responds to a variety of structural and conceptual barriers to such evolutionary analysis in law.

Keywords: Evolutionary Analysis in Law, Evolution, Behavioral Biology

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Jones, Owen D., Evolutionary Analysis in Law: Some Objections Considered. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=611962