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Schedule Registration Housing |
| Saturday, January 8, 2000 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Marriott Ballroom Salon III
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Lobby Level |
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Joint Program of Sections on Criminal Justice and Law and
the Social Sciences |
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| Christopher Slobogin, University of Florida, and Chair and Program Chair, Section on Criminal Justice | |
| Cheryl Hanna, Vermont Law School, and Chair, Section on Law and the Social Sciences |
| Is Justice Just Us? Using Social Science to Inform Substantive Criminal Law |
| (Program to be published in Hofstra Law Review) |
| Moderator: | |
| Cheryl Hanna, Vermont Law School | |
| Speakers: | |
| Deborah W. Denno, Fordham University
Dan M. Kahan, Yale Law School Paul H. Robinson, Northwestern University Christopher Slobogin, University of Florida Tom Tyler, Professor, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York |
| This panel will examine the use of social science research as a basis for modifying or creating criminal law doctrine. Research by Paul Robinson and Jonathan Darley suggests there is lay consensus that attempts should be punished less harshly than completed crime, that accomplices should always be punished less harshly than principals, that deadly force may justifiably be used in defense of property, and that liability should exist for omissions even when no duty exists, all in contrast to the Model Penal Code. Should these types of findings have any normative consequence for the criminal law? What methodological concerns might bear on this question? |
| Business Meeting of Section on Criminal Justice at Program Conclusion |
| Business Meeting of Section on Law and the Social Sciences at Program Conclusion |