The basic assumption of TJ is that the law, as applied, can have both therapeutic outcomes, which should be encouraged, and antitherapeutic ones, which should be minimized. For Wexler, the courtroom ...

The words therapeutic jurisprudence sound like a contradiction in terms. Far too many court cases for parental alienation only increase anxiety, depression and anger for the litigants, and often for ...

This article critiques the traditional doctrinal approach to mental health law and compares the traditional approach with a new, interdisciplinary approach known as therapeutic jurisprudence.

It may seem that therapy and law do not share a common bond, but one law professor is making that connection by developing a body of knowledge to prove that legal proceedings can be calming and ...

Former US president Thomas Jefferson once said, “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” We must recall this quote ...

Politics and the Life Sciences is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal with a global audience. PLS is owned and published by the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, the APLS, which ...

Dr Hugh Koch, Professor Christian Diesen, Dr Tom Boyd, and Nicole Hampton explain how the behavioural sciences can assist in developing a 21st-century agenda for the UK justice system There is a ...

In efforts to foster a compassionate and enlightened legal system, a trauma-informed programme has been launched to help by instilling legal professionals with a profound understanding of the deep ...

This year Victoria joined the international trend to keep offenders with mental health problems out of the jail system and into specialised, problem solving courts. Luke Williams reports from Victoria ...