PSYCHOLOGY AND LEGAL CHANGE - THE IMPACT OF A DECADE

This article takes stock of one aspect of psychologically based empiri cal jurisprudence-its role in legal change over the last decade. It as sesses the ways in which the increased involvement of psychology in th e legal process has influenced and affected the nature and direction o f legal change. While acknowledging very real and tangible successes, it also identifies several problem areas, ones whose significance may grow in light of an increasingly unsympathetic, conservative judiciary . The direction of psychology and law, as an applied academic discipli ne, and the future of empirically based legal change are also examined .