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The amount of useful information in this article is so impressive that I wish that I could upvote it twice. I'm getting the impression that I could spend hours just looking up the Wikipedia explanations of mental quirks listed...
You should read "Thinking, fast and slow", then.
Seconded.

It should be required reading for anyone interested in cognitive biases, the irrationality of the human mind, and the history of behavioural economics from one of its founding fathers.

One of the best nonfiction books I've ever read.

The part about the judges radically changing their opinions after lunch is terrifying. That's absolutely ridiculous. I am a firm believer that humans are incredibly biased and bad at predicting things. And that most human decision making can and should be replaced with statistical algorithms. This is a perfect example.

Other factors that are highly predictive of a favorable ruling: how attractive the defendant is. Ugly people get sentences twice as long as attractive people. Court rulings might be nothing more than a function of various human biases.

Also see job interviews, elections, loans, etc.