Facts and Law
Adjudication frequently turns on contested issues of fact (e.g., whether protestors blocked an abortion clinic entrance or whether a motorist fleeing police put innocent life at risk), which must be determined either by juries or judges. CCP is conducting experimental studies to determine how cultural values influence adjudicatory fact findings and public reactions to the same.
Ongoing studies are being conducted on a variety of issues arising primarily in criminal law. Research for this project is being funded by the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fundat Yale Law School, the George Washington University School of Law, and the Beasley School of Law at Temple University.
“They Saw a Protest”: Cognitive Illiberalism and the Speech-Conduct Distinction
Whose Eyes Are You Going to Believe? An Empirical (and Normative) Assessment of Scott v. Harris
Some Realism about Punishment Naturalism
Culture, Cognition, and Consent: Who Perceives What, and Why, in "Acquaintance Rape" Cases
The Self-Defensive Cognition of Self-Defense
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