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Therapeutic jurisprudence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. After links have been created, remove this message. This article has been tagged since November 2006. Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is a term first used by Professor David Wexler, University of Arizona Rogers College of Law and University of Puerto Rico School of Law, in a paper delivered to the National Institute of Mental Health in 1987. Along with Professor Bruce Winick, University of Miami School of Law, who originated the concept with Wexler, the professors suggested the need for a new perspective, TJ, to study the extent to which substantive rules, legal procedures, and the role of legal actors (lawyers and judges primarily) produce therapeutic or antitherapeutic consequences for individuals involved in the legal process. [edit] History In the...

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