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The intersection between law and neuroscience has been a focus of intense research for the past decade, as an unprecedented amount of attention has been triggered by the increased use of neuroscientific evidence in courts. While the majority of this attention is currently devoted to criminal law, in...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Philosophical foundations of law
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| Summary: |
The intersection between law and neuroscience has been a focus of intense research for the past decade, as an unprecedented amount of attention has been triggered by the increased use of neuroscientific evidence in courts. While the majority of this attention is currently devoted to criminal law, including capital cases, the wide-ranging proposals for how neuroscience may inform issues of law and public policy extend to virtually every substantive area in law. Bringing together the latest work from leading scholars in the field, this volume examines the philosophical issues that inform this |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 251 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198743095 0198743092 |
| Index Number: | K346 |
| CLC: | D90-054 |
| Call Number: | D90-054/P568 |
| Contents: | Free will as a matter of law / Adam J. Kolber -- The inevitable mind in the age of neuroscience / Stephen J. Morse -- A neurological foundation for freedom / Nita A. Farahany -- The place for neuroscience in criminal law / Deborah W. Denno -- Lie-detection, neuroscience, and the law of evidence / Frederick Schauer -- Dualism and doctrine / Dov Fox and Alex Stein -- Mind-reading by brain-reading and criminal responsibility / Gideon Yaffe -- Unconscious mens rea : lapses, negligence, and criminal responsibility / Katrina L. Sifferd -- The neuroscience of volitional excuse / Michael S. Moore -- |