Practicing Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Law as a Helping Profession

by Dennis P. Stolle, David B. Wexler, Bruce J. Winick

In recent years, the interdisciplinary perspective of therapeutic jurisprudence -- which focuses on the law's impact on emotional life and psychological well-being -- has increasingly moved from the academic world into the world of judging and law practice. The psychological sensitivity and insights provided by the 'lens' of therapeutic jurisprudence have mixed with the pragmatic procedures of related perspectives -- such as preventive law -- to allow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089089941X
• ISBN13: 9780890899410
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.