Developments in the Ethology of Law

1987 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Kort
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
West Germany ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Ethology

In a development parallel to the emergence of the biobehavioral orientation in political science, the ethology of law has become a prominent endeavor in the past ten years. That it is indeed a biobehavioral approach is a fact that received a cogent reminder at the Fifth International Conference on Human Ethology in Tutzing, West Germany, in 1986. In a major address at the conference, Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt defined human ethology as the biology of human behavior. Correspondingly, Wolfgang Fikentscher and Hagen Hof, in their respective presentations at the session on the ethology of law at the conference, emphasized that law is a particular form of human behavior, making it clear that the biobehavioral context for the study of law is imperative.

One Name for the Evolutionary Baby? A Preliminary Guide for Everyone Confused by the Chaos of Names

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iver Mysterud
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Psychology ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Ecology ◽  
Human Behavioral Ecology ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Evolutionary Anthropology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Evolutionary Studies ◽  
Human Ethology ◽  
Human Sociobiology

Evolutionary studies of human behavior and design are increasing in popularity. There are now few topics or disciplines where an evolutionary perspective is not applied. For the past 40 years, evolutionary approaches to human behavior and design have been given many names, e.g. human ethology, human sociobiology, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary anthropology and evolutionary psychology. This diversity may be confusing when one first becomes interested in evolutionary studies. Different names have come and gone – often because they have become unpopular in someone’s mind – while some names have survived and remained, but are often used with different meanings. This article presents the preliminary result of a scrutiny of names used in the evolutionary literature and what they mean. I also briefly discuss why there is a surplus of names and consider if we should attempt to find one name for the field(s) or if we should continue with the diversity.

scholarly journals Learning from the Behavior of Others: Conformity, Fads, and Informational Cascades

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushil Bikhchandani ◽  
David Hirshleifer ◽  
Ivo Welch
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Observational Learning ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Informational Cascades ◽  
Mass Behavior ◽  
The Past

Learning by observing the past decisions of others can help explain some otherwise puzzling phenomena about human behavior. For example, why do people tend to converge on similar behavior? Why is mass behavior prone to error and fads? The authors argue that the theory of observational learning, and particularly of informational cascades, has much to offer economics, business strategy, political science, and the study of criminal behavior.

The Primacy of Politics

1951 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
James K. Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Important Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
Generous Time ◽  
The Status ◽  
Do So

In presenting my valedictory to this distinguished Association which has honored me by selecting me as its President, I should like to point out by way of introduction what has happened to this office, and therefore to me, during the past year. I have heard of one of my distinguished predecessors some twenty-five years ago who had little else to do as President of this Association than work all year on his presidential address. This was important work and I have no word of criticism of it. But the Association has changed, and today it leaves to the harried wearer of its presidential toga little time to reflect about the status of political science and his own impact, if any, upon it. An active Association life, now happily centered in our new Washington office, is enough to occupy the full time of your President, and universities as well as this Association might well take note. Therefore, in presenting my own reflections to you this evening in accordance with the custom of our Association, I do so without the benefit of the generous time and scholarly leisure which were the privileges of some of my distinguished predecessors.Nevertheless I do base my presidential address today upon my own active participation in the problems of government, as well as upon my scholarly experience. I have extracted it in part from the dynamics of pulsating political life. It has whatever authority I may possess after having been exposed these twenty-five years to the cross-fire of politics, domestic and foreign, as well as to the benign and corrective influences of eager students and charitable colleagues.

Research in Design Theory and Methodology in West Germany

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Hundal
Keyword(s):  
Design Theory ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Cad Systems ◽  
The Past ◽  
Embodiment Design ◽  
Design Theory And Methodology

Abstract Current research in design methods in the Federal Republic of Germany is reviewed. VDI guideline 2221 is discussed. The paper looks at basic research in design theory and methodology, application of the methodology to computer-aided conceptual and embodiment design, development of intelligent CAD systems, use of expert systems in CAD, and understanding thought processes in designing. References to the publications of the past three years are given.

A Response to Jeffrey Isaac

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (04) ◽  
pp. 739
Author(s):  
Gregory J. Kasza
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
American Political Science Review ◽  
Comparable Data ◽  
Science Review ◽  
Political Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regional Association ◽  
American Political Science

The purpose of the present symposium was to evaluate Perestroika's impact. Since theAmerican Political Science Review(APSR), theAmerican Journal of Political Science(AJPS), and theJournal of Politics(JOP) were all targets of criticism in the movement, whereas other national and regional association journals such asPerspectives on PoliticsandPolitical Research Quarterlywere not, I looked for change in the former. Comparable data on the past contents of theAPSRandAJPShad already been published, so I focused my recent surveys on those two. This focus implies no judgment as to the relative prestige of these journals. They pretend to represent the discipline as a whole and are paid for by all association members, and these are sufficient reasons to address their editorial biases.

Gary C. Jacobson and the Politics of Congressional Elections

The Forum ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie L. Carson
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Congressional Elections ◽  
The Past

AbstractGary Jacobson is one of the world’s leading experts studying US congressional elections. This essay examines his contributions to political science over the past 40 years.

scholarly journals Secular changes of anthropometric measures for the past 30 years in South-West Germany

2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 1440-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Nagel ◽  
M Wabitsch ◽  
C Galm ◽  
S Berg ◽  
S Brandstetter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Germany ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
Secular Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
South West
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