Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law

Previous Issues

Volume:           16.2          Winter 2009

Barriers and Boundaries: Exploring Emotion in the Law of the Family
Kathryn Abrams

Knowing Law’s Limits: Comments on “Forgiveness: Integral to Close Relationships and Inimical to Justice?”
Kathryn Webb Bradley

The Law as Emotion Regulation
Gerald L. Clore

Anger is Not Anger is Not Anger: Different Motivations Behind Anger and Why They Matter for Family Law
Robert E. Emery

Forgiveness: Integral to Close Relationships and Inimical to Justice?
Frank D. Fincham

Happy Families? Translating Positive Psychology Into Family Law
Clare Huntington

Losing Perspective: Emotion, Ego, and Overreactions to Undesired Events
Mark R. Leary

Taking Account of Children’s Emotions: Anger and Forgiveness in “Renegotiated Families”
Solangel Maldonado

In Family Law, Love’s Got a Lot to Do With It: A Response to Phillip Shaver
Terry A. Maroney

What’s Love Got to Do With It? Insecurity and Anger in Attachment Relationships
Phillip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer, and Brooke C. Feeney

Volume:           16.1          Fall 2008

Judicial Scrutiny of Legislative Action That Presents Bioethical Dilemmas
Barbara J. Evans, University of Houston

Rethinking Compensation for Mental Distress:  A Critique of the Restatement (Third) Sections 45-47
John L. Diamond, UC Hastings

The Cy Pres Problem and the Role of Damages in Tort Law
Goutam U. Jois

The Costs of Domestic Violence in the Employment Arena: A Call for Legal Reform and Community-Based Education Initiatives
Jessie Brown

School Segregation under Color-blind Jurisprudence: The Case of North Carolina
Charles Clotfelter, et al.

Lawyer, Be Thyself:  An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between the Ethic of Care, the Feeling Decisionmaking Preference, and Lawyer Wellbeing
Susan Daicoff