Effect of blameworthiness and outcome severity on attributions of responsibility and damage awards in comparative negligence cases

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 597-617

  Feigenson, Neal ^a   Park, Jaihyun ^b   Salovey, Peter ^b  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; PUNISHMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; VICTIM;

EID: 0031283940     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024856613829     Document Type: Article

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