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Evolutionary Psychology and the Law with Keelah Williams

Evolutionary Psychology and the Law with Keelah Williams

Update: 2025-10-14
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Motive? Intent? Case closed! In this episode, Keelah Williams (JD, PhD, Hamilton) runs us through our bar exam prelims, explaining how our evolved psychology influences legal decision-making, and what consequences this may have on truth, justice, and much else... If you are interested in how evolutionary approaches inform legal issues, this episode is for you. Bonus: Keelah also discusses her ground-breaking work on ecology stereotypes. 


More about Keelah Williams:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=42lmiPwAAAAJ


https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/evolution-and-human-behavior/vol/44/issue/3


 

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Evolutionary Psychology and the Law with Keelah Williams

Evolutionary Psychology and the Law with Keelah Williams

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