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Huang, Peter H. --- "Happiness 101 for legal scholars: applying happiness research to legal policy, ethics, mindfulness, negotiations, legal education, and legal practice" [2018] ELECD 219; in Teitelbaum, C. Joshua; Zeiler, Kathryn (eds), "Research Handbook on Behavioral Law and Economics" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 271

Book Title: Research Handbook on Behavioral Law and Economics

Editor(s): Teitelbaum, C. Joshua; Zeiler, Kathryn

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781849805674

Section: Chapter 10

Section Title: Happiness 101 for legal scholars: applying happiness research to legal policy, ethics, mindfulness, negotiations, legal education, and legal practice

Author(s): Huang, Peter H.

Number of pages: 23

Abstract/Description:

This chapter offers legal scholars a brief introductory survey of modern happiness research. It analyzes how happiness research can inform legal policy, and explains how and why happiness research differs from and is related to behavioral economics. The author develops two conditions under which law and policy should care more about experienced happiness versus remembered happiness. Connections are made between being happy, being ethical, and being mindful, while the chapter illustrates how happiness research applies and relates to negotiations and conflict resolution. Finally, the author considers how happiness research can improve legal education and legal practice.