Readings on Positive Psychology and Law
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Here is a list of readings taken from Professor James Elkins’s course on Psychology for Lawyers.
But first, a definition of “positive psychology”:
“Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play.”
—Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania [Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, is the Director of the Center]
Here are the readings:
Martin E.P. Seligman, Paul R. Verkuil & Terry H. Kang, Why Lawyers Are Unhappy, 23 Cardozo L. Rev. 33 (2001)
Craig Lambert, The Science of Happiness: Psychology Explores Humans at Their Best [on-line text]
David T. Zaring & William D. Henderson, Young Associates in Trouble (Review Essay), 105 Mich. L. Rev. 1087 (2007) [on-line text]
Corie Lynn Rosen, The Accidental Optimist [on-line text]
Todd David Peterson & Elizabeth Waters Peterson, Stemming the Tide of Law Student Depression: What Law Schools Need to Learn from the Science of Positive Psychology, 9 Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics 357 (2009) [on-line text]
Nancy L. Schultz, Lessons from Positive Psychology for Developing Advocacy Skills, 6 John Marshall L. J. 103 (2012) [on-line text]
Mirko Bagaric & James McConvill, Goodbye Justice, Hello Happiness: Welcoming Positive Psychology to the Law, 10 Deakin L. Rev. 27 (2005) [on-line text]
Dara E. Purvis, Female Law Students, Gendered Self-Evaluation, and the Promise of Positive Psychology, 2012 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1693 [on-line text]
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