At the AALS Research Committee section (Jan 6, 2011), I gave a talk about how Implicit Social Cognition might be imported in the law (after Tony Greenwald and before Greg Mitchell). The themes included: behavioral realism, 4 quadrants of legal intervention, and politicization (with time only to discuss Backlash from the Right). Here’s a pdf of the Mindmap I used.
My comments drew upon my recent article: [link id=’1653′].
The next panel focused on more sociological and organization-level analyses of bias. And unfortunately, we ran out of time so the two panels couldn’t engage each other. In my view, every complex problem needs to be attacked at multiple levels (consistent with what Susan Sturm was outlining). If I had the time, I would have emphasized this point and suggested that there is no necessary trade-off. Moreover, I would have given comfort on the anxiety regarding “scientific exceptionalism” as well as “reductionism”.
For a recent paper along these lines: [link id=’1657′].