Law and the Passions av Julia Shaw

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<P>Engaging with the underlying social context in which emotions are a motivational</P><br/><br/><P>force, <EM>Law and the Passions</EM> provides a uniquely inclusive commentary on the significance</P><br/><br/><P>and influence of emotions in the history and continuing development of</P><br/><br/><P>legal judgment, policy formation, legal practice and legal dogma.</P><br/><br/><P> </P><br/><br/><P>Although the emotionality of the law and the use of emotional tropes in legal</P><br/><br/><P>discourse has become an established focus in recent scholarship, the extent to</P><br/><br/><P>which emotion and the passions have informed decision-making, decision-avoidance</P><br/><br/><P>and legal reasoning ¿ rather than as simply an adjunct ¿ is still a matter for</P><br/><br/><P>critical analysis. As evidenced in a range of illustrative legal cases, emotions have</P><br/><br/><P>been instrumental in the evolution of key legal principles and have produced many</P><br/><br/><P>controversial