Apologies and legal settlement: an empirical examination.

Michigan Law Review | December 1, 2003| | Copyright 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
I. LEGAL DEBATE OVER APOLOGIES 
   A. Apologies and Admissibility 
   B. Expressions of Sympathy 
   C. Statutorily Protected Apologies 
   D. Debate over Perceptions of Safe Apologies 
 
II. PRIOR PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON APOLOGIES 
   A. Psychological Responses to Apologies 
   B. The Nature of the Apology 
   C. Apologies and Legal Settlement 
 
III. THE PRESENT STUDIES 
 
   A. Effects of Apologies on Settlement Decisionmaking 
      1. Effects of Apology on Settlement 
      2. Effects of Evidentiary Rules on Settlement 
      3. Summary 
 
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