Reviews for A Clearing in the Forest

The average rating for A Clearing in the Forest based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-04-28 00:00:00 Scott Humphress Important inasmuch as it addresses the role that our understanding of human cognition should play in legal matters. Typically the only time "the mind" and "the law" meet are in issues of mental illness/competency. Prof. Winter helps address this issue by applying Lakoffian principles to the generation/evolution of laws. Three stars because much of his closing argument seems based on logical presumptions rather than empirical research.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-01 00:00:00 Brad Keiller I loved the first half, the cognitive science part, but did not entirely buy the second half, when he applies it to actual instances of judicial decision-making. Strong statements of difference notwithstanding, it seems like he mainly differs from the critical legal theorists in asserting that the "motivated" reasoning of judges is not conscious but rather a product of their (and our) cognitive processes.