Conferences

Dr. Richard Wiener and the Legal Decision-Making Lab hosted the 51st annual Nebraska Symposium on the Motivation. The title was "Legal Judgments and the Motivation for Justice." The purpose of the meeting  was to examine the antecedents of the motivation for justice, describe how that motivation activates and manifests in various legal institutions (i.e., elections, legislatures, courts, and executive offices), and trace the failure of that motivation to influence legal decision-making. It included research and commentary about a) where the motivation for justice comes from when people make legal judgments and decisions, b) how the motivation for justice influences legal judgments and decisions, and c) how legal judgments and decisions influence the motivation for justice in positive and negative ways. This topic is paramount at the current time in our history in view of the apparent breakdown of society’s beliefs in our institutions and trust in the democratic process, which has contributed to a system that has increasingly operated from tribalistic impulse rather than from a richer motivation for authentic justice. The collection of papers is forthcoming in the volume for the 51st annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. 

The speakers and authors were; Jack Glaser, Mandeep Dhami, Donna Shestowsky, chris bijoux, Dan Simon, Tom Tyler, Kees van den Bos, and Jennifer Robbennolt.