02772nam 2200673 a 450 991080617830332120240418044755.01-280-49030-697866135855300-8139-2837-0(CKB)2550000000047944(OCoLC)753977975(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495639(SSID)ssj0000564877(PQKBManifestationID)11397979(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564877(PQKBWorkID)10527681(PQKB)11433992(MiAaPQ)EBC3444003(MdBmJHUP)muse6617(Au-PeEL)EBL3444003(CaPaEBR)ebr10495639(CaONFJC)MIL358553(EXLCZ)99255000000004794420090209d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLaw, politics, & perception how policy preferences influence legal reasoning /Eileen Braman1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20091 online resource (257 p.) Constitutionalism and democracyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-2829-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Outlining a theory of motivated cognition in legal decision making -- A motivated reasoning approach to the commerce clause interpretation of the Rehnquist court -- Seeing what they want? : analogical perceptions in discrimination disputes (with Thomas E. Nelson) -- Reasoning on the threshold : testing the separability of preferences in legal decision making -- Justifying outcomes? : how legal decision makers explain threshold decisions -- Motivated reasoning as an empirical framework : finding our way back to context.Objective case facts and accepted norms of legal reasoning can often inhibit decision makers' ability to reach conclusions consistent with their preferences.Constitutionalism and democracy.Law, politics, and perceptionLawUnited StatesMethodologyJudicial processUnited StatesPolitical questions and judicial powerUnited StatesLawUnited StatesPsychological aspectsLawMethodology.Judicial processPolitical questions and judicial powerLawPsychological aspects.340/.11Braman Eileen1681220MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806178303321Law, politics, & perception4050506UNINA