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Janice Nadler

Janice Nadler

Janice Nadler's research focuses on social influence in criminal law and procedure, legal compliance, and negotiation and dispute resolution.

She holds joint appointments as Professor at Northwestern University School of Law, and as a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation.

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Law and Public Policy

Journal Articles:

  • McAdams, R. & Nadler, J. (2008). Coordinating in the Shadow of the Law: Two Contextualized Tests of the Focal Point Theory of Legal Compliance, LAW & SOCIETY REVIEW, 42, 865-898.
  • McAdams, R., & Nadler, J. (2005). Testing the focal point theory of legal compliance: The effect of third-party expression in an experimental hawk/dove game. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2, 87-123.
  • Mullen, E. & Nadler, J. (2008). Moral Spillovers: The Effect of Moral Mandate Violations on Deviant Behavior, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 44 1239-1245.
  • Nadler, J. (2005). Flouting the law. Texas Law Review, 83, 1399-1441.
  • Nadler, J. & Diamond, S. (2008). Eminent Domain and the Psychology of Property Rights: Proposed Use, Subjective Attachment, and Taker Identity, JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES, 5, 713-749.
  • Rose, M., Nadler, J., & Clark, J. (2006). Appropriately upset? Emotion norms and perceptions of crime victims. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 203-219.

Other Publications:

  • Bilz, K. & Nadler, J. (2009). Law, Psychology & Morality, in D. Medin, L. Skitka, C. W. Bauman, & D. Bartels (eds.) MORAL COGNITION AND DECISION MAKING: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MOTIVATION, VOL. 50, pp. 101-131, Academic Press.
  • Nadler, J., Diamond, S.S., & Patton, M. (2008). Government takings of private property: Kelo and the perfect storm. In N. Persily, J. Citrin, & P. Egan (Eds.), Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy. New York: Oxford University Press.

Courses Taught:

  • Criminal Law
  • Law and Psychology
  • Negotiations

Janice Nadler
School of Law
Northwestern University
357 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
United States of America

  • Phone: (312) 503-3228

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