Vol. 79, No. 3


SYMPOSIUM:
“LAW &”: PHILOSOPHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, LINGUISTIC, AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP

SYMPOSIUM EDITOR
Claire Hill

FOREWORD
Micah Thorner

I. LAW AND LANGUAGE

PERNICIOUS AMBIGUITY IN CONTRACTS AND STATUTES
Lawrence M. Solan

HOW DO GERMAN CONTRACTS DO AS MUCH WITH FEWER WORDS?
Claire A. Hill and Christopher King

DID CLINTON LIE?: DEFINING “SEXUAL RELATIONS”
Peter Tiersma

AUTHORITY HEURISTICS
David J. Gerber

II. LAW AND PSYCHOLOGY, ECONOMICS, AND BIOLOGY

FEAR ASSESSMENT: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND THE PRICING OF FEAR AND ANXIETY
Matthew D. Adler

APOLOGY AND THICK TRUST: WHAT SPOUSE ABUSERS AND NEGLIGENT DOCTORS MIGHT HAVE IN COMMON
Erin Ann O’Hara

III. LAW AND PHILOSOPHY

RIGHTS, RATIONALITY, AND THE PREEMPTION OF REASONS
Richard Warner

VALUING INSIDE KNOWLEDGE: POLICE INFILTRATION AS A PROBLEM FOR THE LAW OF EVIDENCE
Jacqueline E. Ross

COMMON KNOWLEDGE, COMMUNICATION, AND PUBLIC REASON
Bruce Chapman

IV. LAW AND PSYCHOLOGY

REFLECTIONS OF A RECOVERING LAWYER: HOW BECOMING A COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGIST-AND (IN PARTICULAR) STUDYING ANALOGICAL AND CAUSAL REASONING-CHANGED MY VIEWS ABOUT THE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW
Barbara A. Spellman

WHAT’S WRONG WITH HARMLESS THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT
Kenworthey Bilz and John M. Darley

EPILOGUE: LAW AND FABLE

THE COILED SERPENT OF ARGUMENT: REASON, AUTHORITY, AND LAW IN A TALMUDIC TALE
David Luban

STUDENT NOTES AND COMMENTS

MEDICATING TO EXECUTE: SINGLETON V. NORRIS
Michelle L. Brunsvold

THE ANTI-COMPETITIVE EFFECTS AND ANTITRUST IMPLICATIONS OF CATEGORY MANAGEMENT AND CATEGORY CAPTAINS OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Leo S. Carameli, Jr.

BEYOND HOFFMAN PLASTIC: REFORMING NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS POLICY TO CONFORM TO THE IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT
Shahid Haque