The Sense of Justice Biological Foundations of La [Paperback]

The contributors draw upon new discoveries and insights from the biologically-based behavioural sciences that are critical to a more informed understanding of legal phenomena, particularly those dealing with complex social and political relationships.This book introduces the reader to the social and behavioural foundations for a `sense of justice' - the form of equilibrium which individuals and legal systems seek to achieve and maintain in a changing and complex world.

The contributors draw upon new discoveries and insights from the biologically-based behavioural sciences that are critical to a more informed understanding of legal phenomena, particularly those dealing with complex social and political relationships.The Problem of Justice in Contemporary Legal Thought - Roger D Masters
PART ONE: LAW, BIOLOGY, AND THE SENSE OF JUSTICE
Moralistic Aggression, Processing Mechanisms, and the Brain - Michael T McGuire
The Biological Foundations of the Sense of Justice
Emotion and the Costs of Altruism - Robert Frank
The Economic Foundations of the Sense of Justice
Naturalistic Approaches to Justice in Political Philosophy and the Life Sciences - Roger D Masters
PART TWO: LEGAL THEORY, NATURE AND THE SENSE OF JUSTICE
An Ethological Perspective on Law and Biology - Margaret Gruter
The Sense of Justice and the Concept of Cultural Justice - Wolfgang Fikentscher
Legal Anthropology
Traditional Legal Concepts from an Evolutionary Perspective - Peter Strahlendorf
PART THREE: LEGAL PRACTICE, SOCIAL NORMS, AND THE SENSE OF JUSTICE
Intuition, lC%