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Book SynopsisMatthew Stone asks what unites apparently disparate applications of Levinas' ideas about law and explores the ethical challenge of law's relationship with 'the Other'. Ultimately, he is sceptical that Levinasian ethics can be invested in legal institutions and instead proposes that it should be embodied in the perpetual critique of law.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Part I: The Importance of Ethics; 1. Introduction: The Law's Other; 2. The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas; Part II: Ethics and Law; 3. Can Law Be Ethical?; 4. Adjudication, Obligation, and Human Rights: Applying Levinas's Ethics; Part III: Ethics Against the Law; 5. The Law of the Same: Levinas and the Biopolitical Limits of Liberalism; 6. Law, Ethics, and Political Subjectivity; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisMatthew Stone asks what unites apparently disparate applications of Levinas' ideas about law and explores the ethical challenge of law's relationship with 'the Other'. Ultimately, he is sceptical that Levinasian ethics can be invested in legal institutions and instead proposes that it should be embodied in the perpetual critique of law.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the conditions under which habit – and pre-reflective agency – can remain at the service of our ethical lives. What if data-intensive technologies’ ability to mould habits with unprecedented precision is also capable of triggering some mass disability of profound consequences? What if we become incapable of modifying the deeply-rooted habits that stem from our increased technological dependence? On an impoverished understanding of habit, the above questions are easily shrugged off. Habits are deemed rigid by definition: ‘as long as our deliberative selves remain capable of steering the design of data-intensive technologies, we’ll be fine’. To question this assumption, this book first articulates the way in which the habitual stretches all the way from unconscious tics to purposive, intentionally acquired habits. It also highlights the extent to which our habit-reliant, pre-reflective intelligence normally supports our deliberative selves. It is when habit rigidification sets in that this complementarity breaks down. The book moves from a philosophical inquiry into the ‘double edge’ of habit — its empowering and compromising sides — to consideration of individual and collective strategies to keep habits at the service of our ethical life. Allowing the norms that structure our forms of life to be cotton-wooled in abstract reasoning is but one of the factors that can compromise ongoing social and moral transformations. Systems designed to simplify our practical reasoning can also make us ‘sheep-like’. Drawing a parallel between the moral risk inherent in both legal and algorithmic systems, the book concludes with concrete interventions designed to revive the scope for normative experimentation. It will appeal to any reader concerned with our retaining an ability to trigger change within the practices that shape our ethical sensibility. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Mozilla Foundation.Trade ReviewThe flow of thought is compelling, but it is also a dance of the intellect, where you need to stand back after each section to marvel at where it has taken you and is about to take you. * BJGP Life *Table of ContentsI. What is a Habit? II. The Habitual and the Ethical: Unhappy Marriage? III. Why Does ‘Habitual Ethics’ Matter Today? IV. Chapters Overview PART I HABIT AND INDIVIDUAL AGENCY 1. From Facts to Norms (and Back) I. Defining ‘the Natural’ (and the Role of Science) A. When ‘the Natural’ is Restricted to that which is the Result of Elementary Forces B. Inhabited Nature II. The ‘Motivation Problem’ III. ‘Following a Rule’ A. ‘Primitive Appropriateness’ B. Dispositions, the Possibility of Mistakes and ‘Primitive Inappropriateness’ 2. Habit and Skill Acquisition I. Skilful Coping and Skilful Action II. The Structure of the Environment and its Impact on Skill Acquisition A. The ‘Skilled Intuitions’ Stance B. The ‘Heuristics and Bias’ Stance C. Explaining Divergent Stances on Intuitive Expertise by Reference to the Structure of the Environment III. ‘Tacit’ Learning Attitude(s) A. Automaticity and Availability to Conscious Awareness B. Automaticity and Adaptability i. External Goal Adaptability ii. Adaptability of One’s Self-understanding 3. Routine and Rigidified Habits I. Teleologically Indeterminate Professional Encounters A. The Situational Vulnerability at the Heart of the Lay–Professional Encounter B. The Particular Responsibility that Stems from Lay Situational Vulnerability II. Humility and ‘Sophia’: Pre-Conditions of Habit Plasticity? III. Obstacles to Habit Plasticity in Professional Contexts A. Case Study B. The Emotional and Physiological Costs of Habit Reversal C. Balancing Model Stability and Habit Plasticity within the Learning Process 4. Growing Out of the Habitual I. Growing Out of the Habitual: Habit versus Reason II. When ‘Reason’ Shields Us from Normative Significance 5. Growing within the Habitual I. Responsiveness to Reasons A. Why ‘Reasons’? B. The Gap between ‘Reasons’ and Normative Significance II. Habit and the Work of Attention A. GP Consultation with Seemingly ‘Peripheral’ Child Safeguarding Concerns B. Imposing a Mental Defence in Criminal Law C. Seeing Past Habitual Salience and the Role of Personal Encounters III. Responsiveness to the Other: A Forgotten Capability? A. Selective Responsiveness and the Possibility of Immanent Critique B. A Pervasive – Yet Optimistic – ‘Mode of Being Ethical’? C. Compromised ‘Forms of Life’ PART II COLLECTIVE HABITS AND MORAL TRANSFORMATIONS 6. Law and Habits I. The Narrow View: The Step from ‘the Pre-Legal to the Legal’ A. Organically Grown Customs versus ‘Constitutive’ Practices B. Addressing a ‘Defective’ Form of Social Control Through ‘Official’ Rules C. Accounting for the Emergence of Law as a Normative Phenomenon II. Non-Deliberative Components within a Genealogy of Legal Normativity A. Habit Hostility B. Habit Ambivalence i. The Wittgensteinian Take on ‘Custom’ ii. The Weberian Narrative C. From Collective Patterns of Behaviour to Legal Norms III. The Types of Habits Law May Foster A. Qualitatively Different Habits B. Division of Normative Labour and its Moral Risks C. Legal Institutional Structures, Alienation Risks and Habit Rigidification 7. Algorithmic Habits and Social Transformations I. Inferred Traits and Optimisation Endeavours A. Profile-based, Personalised Optimisation Tools B. Manipulation as Hidden and Non-deliberative Interventions II. Precluded Transformations: Alienation Through Reification A. Narrowing of Imaginative Horizons B. Habitats and their Inherent Narrowing of Encountered Worldviews C. Habitat Co-construction and the Possibility of Experimentation III. Ensemble Contestability A. Case Study B. From ‘Passive’ and Individualist Explanations to Ensemble Contestability IV. Bottom-up Data Trusts

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Book SynopsisThe Law of Solicitors' Liabilities, previously known as Solicitors' Negligence and Liability, provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of solicitors’ negligence, liability in equity and wasted costs. Written by leading practitioners in the field, it deals with a variety of topics, from general principles to specific situations, providing practical guidance to the procedural aspects of bringing and defending a claim for solicitors’ negligence. The new fourth edition includes: - A new chapter on insurance law focusing on a number of key topics which arise, particularly in relation to solicitors’ insurance: aggregation; condonation; definition of private legal practice; notification; possibly successor practice rules. - Updated case law to cover all recent Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions, eg Hughes-Holland v BPE (Supreme Court) scope of duty and extent of damages; Redler v AIB (Supreme Court): breach of trust; Lowick Rose v Swynson (Supreme Court): lifting the corporate veil in claims against professionals; Tiuta International v de Villiers (Court of Appeal): lenders’ claims, impact of a remortgage on damages; Wellesley v Withers (Court of Appeal): test for remoteness of damage; and E Surv v Goldsmith Williams (Court of Appeal): implied duty on solicitors in lenders’ claims. - Regulatory/disciplinary developments, eg revised SRA Code of Conduct. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Professional Negligence Law online service.Trade ReviewThis is a book which has gone from strength to strength. * The Commonwealth Lawyer *The book is both succinct and comprehensive, and I shall have no hesitation in making it my first port of call when required to research a knotty point about solicitors. * Gregory Treverton-Jones QC, The Law Society Gazette *Table of ContentsSection A Civil Law Claims Part 1 General Principles Chapter 1 The solicitor’s duties in contract and tort Chapter 2 Breach of duty Chapter 3 Causation and quantum of damages in contract and tort Chapter 4 Claims in equity Chapter 5 Authority, vicarious liability and undertakings Chapter 6 Solicitors’ duties of confidentiality Chapter 7 Limitation Chapter 8 Contributory negligence and contribution Part 2 Specific Claims Chapter 9 Real Estate Chapter 10 Lenders’ claims Chapter 11 Wills, estates and trusts Chapter 12 Litigation Part 3 Procedure Chapter 13 Costs orders against solicitors Chapter 14 Disclosure and privilege Section B Professional Regulation And Discipline Chapter 15 The regulation of solicitors Chapter 16 Disciplinary proceedings Chapter 17 Insurance

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Book SynopsisMaking unprecedented use of his position as a Harvard Business School faculty member, this title takes readers inside HBS in order to draw vivid parallels between the socialization of faculty and of students. It reveals the role of silence and ambiguity in HBS' process of codifying morals and business values.Trade Review"In this first-rate organizational ethnography, Michel Anteby describes the ethos of a premier institution and how it shapes the worldviews and moral rules-in-use of its faculty, staff, and students." -Robert Jackall, author of Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers "Michel Anteby's spare but well-chosen words offer an up-close and personal look at the inner workings of what many call the West Point of American capitalism.... Manufacturing Morals is a deft reimagining of organizational silence as sometimes a message, a provocation, a comfort, or an excuse." -John Van Maanen, MIT"

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Book SynopsisHow do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? This book intends to present empirical research on ethical decision making in a variety of practice contexts.Trade Review"With Lawyers in Practice, Leslie C. Levin and Lynn Mather break new ground. This is the first book to locate the ethical and unethical behavior of lawyers in the details of their varied practice contexts; the contributors make a convincing case that we can only understand lawyers' behavior contextually. Very thorough, illuminating, and persuasive." (Richard Abel, University of California, Los Angeles)"

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Book SynopsisHow do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? This book presents research on ethical decision making in a variety of practice contexts, including corporate litigation, securities, immigration, and divorce law.Trade Review"With Lawyers in Practice, Leslie C. Levin and Lynn Mather break new ground. This is the first book to locate the ethical and unethical behavior of lawyers in the details of their varied practice contexts; the contributors make a convincing case that we can only understand lawyers' behavior contextually. Very thorough, illuminating, and persuasive." (Richard Abel, University of California, Los Angeles)"

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Book SynopsisDeparting from the usual discussions of public morality, and considering the moral interests of the community as a whole, this book is a contribution to this intensely debated theme and considers how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice in a liberal society.Trade Review“One seldom sees a thoughtful, well-reasoned argument for serious public morality today—by serious I mean backed by the sanction of law—especially one meant to appeal both to believers and unbelievers. This is such a book. With it, Harry M. Clor has shed light on the most confusing issue of our age: the place of public morality in liberal society.” -- Crisis

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Book SynopsisFred Bell is an experienced career banker with extensive risk management leadership expertise. Working over 39 years in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), he has held senior leadership roles including Head of Operational Risk in the RBS Wealth Division, Head of Risk at Tesco Personal Finance and Head of the RBS Bank of China Risk Programme. Bell established and ran RBS's first dedicated business continuity function. Trade Review"Culture and (in some cases) the unethical behaviour of bankers has emerged as an important theme since the global financial crisis. Culture, Conduct and Ethics in Banking by Fred Bell is a comprehensive, thoughtful and practical resource for students, practitioners and regulators wishing to understand and evaluate the importance of culture and ethics in the modern financial services industry." * Professor John O.S. Wilson, Director, Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance, University of St Andrews *"A well-informed text from an experienced author across a range of providers and locations. The inclusion of relevant, topical ethical dilemmas is very welcome. This is a must for all involved in the sector, whether they be academics, early career professionals or those with managerial responsibilities." * Paul Raby FCIB, FHEA, PGCE, ACIB, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metroplitan Univeristy *"Across a range of contexts, this book highlights a number of important issues associated with culture, conduct and ethics to accentuate the significance of professionalism for banks. The use of simple language, eloquence and an applied approach make it easily comprehensible for the readers with diverse backgrounds." * Dr Navjot Sandhu, Associate Professor in Finance, Birmingham City University *"A comprehensive book that explains ethical theory and professionalism and applies this to real-world examples. This should be required reading for professionals and for banking and finance students." * Stuart Finnerty, Reader in Banking, Manchester Metropolitan University & Chartered Banker *"An interesting book! It helps bankers better understand the ethical challenges of their profession." * Dr. Pejman Abedifar, Lecturer in Banking & Finance, Programme Director, MSc in Banking & Finance, School of Management, University of St Andrews *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Ethics theory; Chapter - 02: Professionalism and ethics in banking; Chapter - 03: Ethical decision making in practice; Chapter - 04: A short history of banking; Chapter - 05: An overview of regulation and legislation in banking; Chapter - 06: Corporate governance; Chapter - 07: Conduct and culture in banking; Chapter - 08: Conduct risk management; Chapter - 09: Corporate social responsibility and environmental issues; Chapter - 10: Ethics and technology;

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Book SynopsisFred Bell is an experienced career banker with extensive risk management leadership expertise. Working over 39 years in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), he has held senior leadership roles including Head of Operational Risk in the RBS Wealth Division, Head of Risk at Tesco Personal Finance and Head of the RBS Bank of China Risk Programme. Bell established and ran RBS's first dedicated business continuity function. Trade Review"Culture and (in some cases) the unethical behaviour of bankers has emerged as an important theme since the global financial crisis. Culture, Conduct and Ethics in Banking by Fred Bell is a comprehensive, thoughtful and practical resource for students, practitioners and regulators wishing to understand and evaluate the importance of culture and ethics in the modern financial services industry." * Professor John O.S. Wilson, Director, Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance, University of St Andrews *"A well-informed text from an experienced author across a range of providers and locations. The inclusion of relevant, topical ethical dilemmas is very welcome. This is a must for all involved in the sector, whether they be academics, early career professionals or those with managerial responsibilities." * Paul Raby FCIB, FHEA, PGCE, ACIB, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metroplitan Univeristy *"Across a range of contexts, this book highlights a number of important issues associated with culture, conduct and ethics to accentuate the significance of professionalism for banks. The use of simple language, eloquence and an applied approach make it easily comprehensible for the readers with diverse backgrounds." * Dr Navjot Sandhu, Associate Professor in Finance, Birmingham City University *"A comprehensive book that explains ethical theory and professionalism and applies this to real-world examples. This should be required reading for professionals and for banking and finance students." * Stuart Finnerty, Reader in Banking, Manchester Metropolitan University & Chartered Banker *"An interesting book! It helps bankers better understand the ethical challenges of their profession." * Dr. Pejman Abedifar, Lecturer in Banking & Finance, Programme Director, MSc in Banking & Finance, School of Management, University of St Andrews *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Ethics theory; Chapter - 02: Professionalism and ethics in banking; Chapter - 03: Ethical decision making in practice; Chapter - 04: A short history of banking; Chapter - 05: An overview of regulation and legislation in banking; Chapter - 06: Corporate governance; Chapter - 07: Conduct and culture in banking; Chapter - 08: Conduct risk management; Chapter - 09: Corporate social responsibility and environmental issues; Chapter - 10: Ethics and technology;

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Book SynopsisFighting for Virtue investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems—and what happened next. Across the last decade of Rama IX's rule, Duncan McCargo examines the world of Thai judges: how they were recruited, trained, and...Trade ReviewThis is an original, heavily researched, fascinating, highly readable, and ultimately frightening book. * Bangkok Post *Fighting for Virtue makes an original contribution to critical debates about the rule of law in Southeast Asia. It will be an essential point of reference for anyone interested in understanding the morbid politics of the final decade of King Bhumibol's reign. For both these reasons, it deserves to be read widely. * Contemporary Southeast Asia *Duncan McCargo has tackled yet another fascinating aspect of Thailand's politics in Fighting for Virtue. McCargo treats the reader to an abundance of details, thoughtful analysis, and savvy observation. Overall, this book is an important contribution that will be cited for years to come. * Pacific Affairs *Fighting for Virtue is a compelling text that portrays the dynamics of a complicated judiciary, a central player in the fractious political landscape of contemporary Thailand. It is highly recommended to readers of political anthropology, legal studies, history, political science and Southeast Asian studies. * The London School of Economics and Political Science *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Legalism and Revival of Treason 1. Privileged Caste? 2. Bench and Throne 3. Challenges to the Judiciary 4. Against the Crown? 5. Computer Compassings 6. Against the State 7. Crimes of Thaksin 8. Courting Constitutionalism Conclusion: The Trouble Is Politics Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides different disciplinary and cultural perspectives on the ethical and political ramifications of the incommensurable yet inextricable relationships among law, justice, and power.Trade Review"...Cheng does a superb job, at the outset, of summarizing and explaining the major concepts and issues..." -- Law and Politics Book Review

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Book SynopsisWritten by the leading authority on legal decision making, Professional Judgment for Lawyers integrates empirical legal research, cognitive and social psychology, organizational behavior, legal ethics, and neuroscience to understand and improve decision making by attorneys, clients, judges, arbitrators, mediators, and juries.Trade Review‘Buy it. Read it. Make better judgments and decisions. … Professional Judgment for Lawyers can help you understand what is going on, become more self-aware, understand your cognitive limitations, and know how to get help when you need it. … Like all of Kiser's books, Professional Judgment for Lawyers is well written, accessible, and a pleasure to read. … Law schools should offer courses on this subject with this book as the core text. Law firms should conduct in-house seminars and workshops with this book as the guide. Bar associations should offer CLE programs based on Professional Judgment for Lawyers."‘This new book, like Randy Kiser’s others, truly is a must-read. It showcases his unusual and enviable talent for pulling together empirical work from very diverse fields. So insightful for practice and law teaching alike. Highly recommend.’ -- Donna Shestowsky, Director of Lawyering Skills Education and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law, U.C. Davis School of Law, US‘Randy Kiser’s Professional Judgment for Lawyers is a tour-de-force book every lawyer, law student, judge, arbitrator, mediator, and public policy maker should read and study. It draws on empirical research and theoretical models about human decision-making and judgment. The chapter capsules which end chapters offer wonderful syntheses of the breadth of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks about lawyering, decision-making by actors in legal systems, and policies to improve the quality of legal rules and institutions. This masterpiece is a gift for those who are in the legal profession to help them improve their professional and personal decision-making and judgment.’ -- Peter H. Huang, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Law School, US‘This is a fascinating and important book. Its overarching aim is vital: to improve decision making in all corners of the world of law. A wonderful antidote to the superficial blogs that threaten to obscure our understanding of lawyers and lawyering, Kiser has gifted us a fine volume that is clearly the result of extensive empirical research and deep reflection.' -- Richard Susskind OBE, President of the Society for Computers and Law‘It’s been nearly 15 years since Randall Kiser jumpstarted the field of lawyer decision making with his seminal study in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Now, several books later, we have Professional Judgment for Lawyers, which weaves together the threads of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, emotion, and decision making with the context of lawyers, clients, judges, mediators, arbitrators, and jurors. This book can be safely viewed as Kiser’s magnum opus, as the depth and breadth of learning (combined with its accessibility) is truly staggering. This is a book that belongs in every lawyer’s library.’ -- William Henderson, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Principles and Challenges 2 Neuroscience and Cognition 3 Emotions. 4 Legal Analysis and Reasoning 5 Attorneys and Clients 6 Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators 7 Jurors and Juries 8 Insight, Hindsight, and Foresight 9 Expertise, Motivation, and Wisdom 10 Decision-making Styles 11 Individual Decision-making Expertise 12 Group Decision-making Expertise 13 Ten Decision-making Tenets Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by the leading authority on legal decision making, Professional Judgment for Lawyers integrates empirical legal research, cognitive and social psychology, organizational behavior, legal ethics, and neuroscience to understand and improve decision making by attorneys, clients, judges, arbitrators, mediators, and juries.Trade Review‘Buy it. Read it. Make better judgments and decisions. … Professional Judgment for Lawyers can help you understand what is going on, become more self-aware, understand your cognitive limitations, and know how to get help when you need it. … Like all of Kiser's books, Professional Judgment for Lawyers is well written, accessible, and a pleasure to read. … Law schools should offer courses on this subject with this book as the core text. Law firms should conduct in-house seminars and workshops with this book as the guide. Bar associations should offer CLE programs based on Professional Judgment for Lawyers."‘This new book, like Randy Kiser’s others, truly is a must-read. It showcases his unusual and enviable talent for pulling together empirical work from very diverse fields. So insightful for practice and law teaching alike. Highly recommend.’ -- Donna Shestowsky, Director of Lawyering Skills Education and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law, U.C. Davis School of Law, US‘Randy Kiser’s Professional Judgment for Lawyers is a tour-de-force book every lawyer, law student, judge, arbitrator, mediator, and public policy maker should read and study. It draws on empirical research and theoretical models about human decision-making and judgment. The chapter capsules which end chapters offer wonderful syntheses of the breadth of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks about lawyering, decision-making by actors in legal systems, and policies to improve the quality of legal rules and institutions. This masterpiece is a gift for those who are in the legal profession to help them improve their professional and personal decision-making and judgment.’ -- Peter H. Huang, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Law School, US‘This is a fascinating and important book. Its overarching aim is vital: to improve decision making in all corners of the world of law. A wonderful antidote to the superficial blogs that threaten to obscure our understanding of lawyers and lawyering, Kiser has gifted us a fine volume that is clearly the result of extensive empirical research and deep reflection.' -- Richard Susskind OBE, President of the Society for Computers and Law‘It’s been nearly 15 years since Randall Kiser jumpstarted the field of lawyer decision making with his seminal study in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Now, several books later, we have Professional Judgment for Lawyers, which weaves together the threads of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, emotion, and decision making with the context of lawyers, clients, judges, mediators, arbitrators, and jurors. This book can be safely viewed as Kiser’s magnum opus, as the depth and breadth of learning (combined with its accessibility) is truly staggering. This is a book that belongs in every lawyer’s library.’ -- William Henderson, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Principles and Challenges 2 Neuroscience and Cognition 3 Emotions. 4 Legal Analysis and Reasoning 5 Attorneys and Clients 6 Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators 7 Jurors and Juries 8 Insight, Hindsight, and Foresight 9 Expertise, Motivation, and Wisdom 10 Decision-making Styles 11 Individual Decision-making Expertise 12 Group Decision-making Expertise 13 Ten Decision-making Tenets Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This is a highly useful, clear and interesting read. David Cowan guides us through why great communication is such a vital skill for legal professionals but then, most importantly, he gives the tools which enable us to do this ourselves - impactfully and simply. An excellent contribution.’ -- Christina Blacklaws, entrepreneur and innovator, Chair of LawTech UK and former President of the Law Society of England and Wales‘If communication, as David suggests, is better understood as the activity of sharing, then I think we are all fortunate that he has shared with us his insights into effective communication in this invaluable book. As a practising lawyer, I would rank effective communication as the most valuable skill a lawyer can possess; one that we must continually develop. The Dialogue Box is an excellent practical tool which aids that development for everyone from the first year law student to the most seasoned practitioner.’ -- Tara Doyle, Matheson, Dublin, Ireland‘This book does much more than it says on the tin. As well as being a first-rate practical guide, it offers a deeply informed analysis of the changing nature of legal communications in a digital society. Wide-ranging, well-researched, and ambitious, it should be mandatory reading across the world of law.’ -- Richard Susskind, President, Society for Computers and LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Dialogue and law – new horizons 2. Law as communication, communication as law PART I THE COMMUNICATING LAWYER 3. Emotional lawyering 4. Collaborative lawyering 5. Changing channel 6. Changing paradigms – confront or collaborate? PART II THE DIALOGUE BOX FOR LAWYERS 7. Introducing the Dialogue Box 8. The Intelligence Zon 9. The Emotion Zone 10. The Interpretation Zone 11. The Narrative Zone 12. Ready to dialogue? Index

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