Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextualising law and emotion : past narratives and future directions / Heather Conway and John Stannard -- Affective family law / Clare Huntington -- Where there's a will ... : law and emotion in sibling inheritance disputes / Heather Conway -- The emotional dynamics of undue influence / John Stannard -- Discovering dignity : unpacking the emotional content of 'Killing Narratives' / Mary Neal -- Empathy for victims in criminal justice : revisiting Susan Bandes in victimology / Antony Pemberton -- Re-emotionalising regulatory responses to child sex offenders / Anne-Marie McAlinden -- Emotions and the assessment of credibility / Jane Herlihy and Stuart Turner -- Emotional transitions in social movements : the case of immigrant rights activism in Arizona / Kathryn Abrams -- Mediation and emotions : perception and regulation / Charlie Irvine and Laurel Farrington -- Engaging with emotions in the legal profession / Eimear Spain and Timothy Ritchie -- Emotion and the discourse of judging / Terry A. Maroney -- Becoming like Solomon : towards an emotionally intelligent legal system / John Stannard and Heather Conway.

A group of leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explore these issues across key areas of private law, public law, criminal justice and dispute resolution, illustrating how emotion infuses all areas of legal thought. The collection argues for a more positive view of the role of emotion in the context of legal discourse and demonstrates ways in which the law could, in the words of Goleman, become more emotionally intelligent.

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