law as a behavioral instrument
By: Gary B. Melton, volume editor ; presenters, Laura Nader ... [et al.].
Contributors: Melton, Gary B.; Nader, Laura.
Series: Nebraksa Symposium on Motivatoin -- 1985; Current theory and research in motivation -- v. 33
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Law -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses; Sociological jurisprudence -- Congresses; Motivation (Psychology) -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the law and motivation / Gary B. Melton; title: A user theory of legal change as applied to gender / Laura Nader; title: Psychology, determinism, and legal responsibility / Stephen J. Morse; title: Deterrence theory and research / Jack P. Gibbs; title: The efficacy of law as a paternalistic instrument / Richard J. Bonnie; title: Empirical assessment and civil actions / Stanley L. Brodsky; title: The law as an instrument of socialization and social structure / Gary B. Melton and Michael J. Saks.