Dear SEAL Members:

 

As part of SEAL's continuing effort to keep you informed of developments of potential linterest, you will below find information on the following subjects (to which you can quickly hyperlink by clicking on the subject):

1. "The Economist" Covers Work in Evolutionary Analysis in Law;
2. Forthcoming Article: "Economics, Behavioral Biology, and Law";
3. New Book: Evolutionary Forensic Psychology: Darwinian Foundations of Crime and Law);
4. Publications of Interest;
5. Special Evolution and Law Symposium Issue: 9 German Law Journal No. 4 (1 April 2008);
6. Looking for articles on Evolutionary Analysis in Law?;

 

As usual, the links, journals, etc., have been added to the SEAL website at http://www.sealsite.org/ — a source for your research.  And, as usual, if you have similar materials to recommend to the membership, just send me an e-mail at owen.jones@vanderbilt.edu. 

 

Best regards,

Owen Jones

Director, SEAL 

 

 

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1) "The Economist" Covers Work in Evolutionary Analysis in Law

 

The international news magazine “The Economist” ran an article covering work in evolutionary analysis in law, by SEAL members Owen Jones and Sarah Brosnan.  The Economist article is available here: http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11579107  . 

The Economist article covers work testing evolutionary hypotheses of the “endowment effect”, available here:

"Law, Biology, and Property: A New Theory of the Endowment Effect" (2008). William & Mary Law  Review, Vol. 49 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1116963

And here:

Brosnan, Sarah F. , Jones, Owen D., Lambeth, Susan P., Mareno, Mary Catherine, Richardson, Amanda S. and Schapiro, Steven, "Endowment Effects in Chimpanzees" (October 2007). Current Biology, Vol. 17, pp. 1704-1707, October 9, 2007 Available at SSRN:  
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1117970
Further information about this line of research is available here:  http://law.vanderbilt.edu/seal/sealnews042008.htm    

 

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2) Forthcoming Article: "Economics, Behavioral Biology, and Law"

 

SEAL Directors Owen Jones, Erin O’Hara, and Jeffrey Stake have an article on the intersections of economics, biology, and law forthcoming in the Supreme Court Economic Review.  The current manuscript appears here:  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1174468 

Here is the Abstract:
 
The article first compares economics and behavioral biology, examining the assumptions, core concepts, methodological tenets, and emphases of the two fields. Building on this, the article then compares the applied interdisciplinary fields of law and economics, on one hand, with law and behavioral biology, on the other - highlighting not only the most important similarities, but also the most important differences.

The article subsequently explores ways that biological perspectives on human behavior may prove useful, by improving economic models and the behavioral insights they generate. The article concludes that although there are important differences between the two fields, the overlaps between economics and biology warrant even greater congress between these two disciplines, and expanded exchange between the legal thinkers interested in each of them.

 

 

  

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3) New Book: Evolutionary Forensic Psychology: Darwinian Foundations of Crime and Law

 

Joshua D. Duntley & Todd Shackelford (both members of SEAL) have just brought forth this new book, containing 14 chapters, many of them also by SEAL members.  Here’s a link:  http://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Forensic-Psychology-Joshua-Duntley/dp/0195325184/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227367829&sr=8-1

             

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4)  Publications of Interest

Jim Chen, Biolaw:  Cracking the Code, 56 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1029 (2008).

Fruehwald, Edwin S.,Reciprocal Altruism as the Basis for Contract(September 18, 2008). University of Louisville Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2009
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1270117

Deakin, Simon,  'Evolution for our time: a theory of legal memetics', 55 Current Legal Problems 1 (2003).

Du Laing, Bart, "Evolutionary Analysis in Law and the Theory and Practice of Legislation" (December 10, 2007). Legisprudence, Vol. 1, No. 3 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1117442

Dunbar, Robin I.M., Evolution and the Social Sciences, 20(2) History of the Human Sciences 29 (2007).    http://hhs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/20/2/29

Foley, Robert Andrew & Lewis, Roger, Principles of Human Evolution, 2nd ed. (2003) http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Human-Evolution-Robert-Andrew/dp/0632047046/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201624689&sr=8-1

Herring, David J., Kinship Foster Care: Implications of Behavioral Biology Research,
56 Buffalo Law Review 495, May (2008).  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1083743

Robinson, Paul H., Kurzban, Robert and Jones, Owen D.,The Origins of Shared Intuitions of Justice. Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 60, p. 1633, 2007; Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=952726

Jones, Owen D., O'Hara, Erin A. and Stake, Jeffrey Evans,Economics, Behavioral Biology, and Law. Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 19, 2011; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 08-38; Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-19. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1174468

Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter (Ed.), Moral Psychology, Volume 1: The Evolution of Morality: Adaptations and Innateness (Bradford Books) (Paperback) by http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Psychology-Evolution-Adaptations-Innateness/dp/0262693542/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205084649&sr=8-1 

Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter (Ed.), Moral Psychology, Volume 2: The Cognitive Science of Morality: Intuition and Diversity (Bradford Books) (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Psychology-Cognitive-Intuition-Diversity/dp/0262693577/ref=pd_dp_1c_1_t_0?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=books 

Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter (Ed.), Moral Psychology, Volume 3: The Neuroscience of Morality: Emotion, Brain Disorders, and Development (Bradford Books) (Paperback)
by http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Psychology-Neuroscience-Disorders-Development/dp/0262693550/ref=pd_dp_1c_1_t_0?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=books

Kuklin, Bailey. The morality of evolutionarily self-interested rescues. 40 Ariz. St. L.J. 453-526 (2008).

S.F. Brosnan, O.D. Jones, S. Lambeth, M.C. Mareno, A.S. Richardson & S.J. Schapiro Endowment Effects in Chimpanzees, 17 Current Biology 1704 (2007) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1117970

Owen D. Jones & Sarah F. Brosnan, Law, Biology, and Property: A New Theory of the Endowment Effect, 49 William & Mary Law Review 1935 (2008)  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1116963

Kathleen D. Vohs & Jannine Lasaleta,   Heterosexual Sexual Behavior Is Governed By Social Exchange And Basic Economic Principles: Sexual Economics Theory, 9 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 785 2008

Hoffman, Morris B., Rediscovering the Law’s Moral Roots, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev., Colloquy 13 (2008).
  
Becker, Jill B., et al. (eds.), Sex Differences in the Brain: From Genes to Behavior (2008)

Epstein, Richard A., Surrogacy: The Case for Full Contractual Enforcement, 81(8) Virginia Law Review,  Symposium: New Directions in Family Law 2305 (Nov., 1995)  http://www.jstor.org/view/00426601/ap030636/03a00090/0

Evans, Dylan & Cruse Pierre, (eds.), Emotion, Evolution, and Rationality (2004).

Fruehwald, Scott, The Emperor Has No Clothes: Postmodern Legal Thought and Cognitive Science, 23 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 375 (2006)

Fruehwald, Scott, Behavioral Biology and Constitutional Analysis, 32 Oklahoma City University Law Review 375 (Fall 2007)

Herring, David J., Looking Ahead to the Next 30 Years of Child Advocacy Symposium The Multiethnic Placement Act: Threat To Foster Child Safety And Well- Being?, 41 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 89 (2007)
Hoffman, Morris B., Law & Biology, 8 The Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law (2008) http://www6.miami.edu/ethics/jpsl/archives/all/LawandBiology.html

Lee, Brant T., The Devil In The Details: On Intelligent Design, Racial Conspiracy Theories, and The Theology of Whiteness, 26 QLR 57 (2007)

Richman, William M., Genetic Residues of Ancient Migrations: An End to Biological Essentialism and the Reification of Race, 68 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 387 (2006)

Tiger, Lionel, Civilization and the Texas Cult, The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2008.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121132858677808907.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

Tybur, Joshua M. & Miller, Geoffrey F., Testing the Controversy: An Empirical Examination of Adaptationists’ Attitudes Toward Politics and Science, 18 Human Nature 313 (2007).           

Yelpaala, Kojo, Legal Consciousness and Contractual Obligations, 39 McGeorge Law Review, 193 (2008).

 

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5)  Special Evolution and Law Symposium Issue: 9 German law Journal No. 4 (1 April 2008)

Calliess, Gralf-Peter & Zumbansen, Peer, Law, the State, and Evolutionary Theory: Introduction  http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_389_396_SI%20Evolution_Calliess_Zumbansen.pdf

Calliess, Gralf-Peter, Freiling, Jörg & Renner, Moritz, Law, the State, and Private Ordering: Evolutionary Explanations of Institutional Change http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_397-410_SI_Evolution_Calliess%20et%20al.pdf

Kerber, Wolfgang, Institutional Change in Globalization: Transnational Commercial Law from an Evolutionary Economics Perspective - Part I/II http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_411-436_SI_Evolution_Kerber.pdf

Kerber, Wolfgang, Institutional Change in Globalization: Transnational Commercial Law from an Evolutionary Economics Perspective - Part II/II http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_411-436_SI_Evolution_Kerber.pdf

Eckardt, Martina,  Evolutionary Approaches to Legal Change http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_437-464_SI_Evolution_Eckardt.pdf

Amstutz, Marc  Global (Non-)Law: The Perspective of Evolutionary Jurisprudence http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_465-476_SI_Evolution_Amstutz.pdf

Smits, Jan, Applied Evolutionary Theory: Explaining Legal Change in Transnational and European Private Law http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_477-490_SI_Evolution_Smits.pdf

Du Laing, Bart, Dual Inheritance Theory, Contract Law, and Institutional Change - Towards the Co-evolution of Behavior and Institutions http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_491-514_SI_Evolution_DuLaing.pdf

Zamboni, Mauro,  From “Evolutionary Theory and Law” to a “Legal Evolutionary Theory” - Part I/II  http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_515-546_SI_Evolution_Zamboni.pdf Zamboni,

Mauro,  From "Evolutionary Theory and Law" to a "Legal Evolutionary Theory" - Part II/II http://www.germanlawjournal.com/pdf/Vol09No04/PDF_Vol_09_No_04_515-546_SI_Evolution_Zamboni.pdf

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6)  Looking for articles on Evolutionary Analysis in Law?

One resource is the list of materials maintained by Owen Jones on the SEAL website here:  http://law.vanderbilt.edu/seal/resources/readingsjones.htm.  Material specifically on the topic of Complex Adaptive Systems is maintained by J.B. Ruhl on the SEAL website here:

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/seal/resources/readingscomplex.htm 

Also, for those doing research in the on-line Westlaw, here is a useful search to deploy in the JLR (law journal) database:  (evolution!  /p biolog!) or (darwin!  /p biolog!) or (evolution!  /s psychol!) or "evolutionary biology" or "evolutionary psychology" or sociobiology or "behavioral biology"

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