A Primer on Criminal Law and Neuroscience - A Contribution of Law Neuroscience Project, Supported by Macarthur

Informationen zum Autor Stephen J. Morse, J.D., Ph.D., is the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry, & Associate Director of the Center for Neuroscience and Society, University of PennsylvaniaAdina L. Roskies, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth University, and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience Klappentext This handbook, the result of a three-year multidisciplinary initiative supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundation, brings lawyers, neuroscientists, and philosophers together to explore the appropriate relation between neuroscience and law. Zusammenfassung This handbook, the result of a three-year multidisciplinary initiative supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundation, brings lawyers, neuroscientists, and philosophers together to explore the appropriate relation between neuroscience and law. CONTENTS ; CONTRIBUTORS ; FOREWORD ; OWEN D. JONES ; PREFACE ; STEPHEN J. MORSE & ADINA L. ROSKIES ; INTRODUCTION ; STEPHEN J. MORSE ; 1. NEUROSCIENCE BASICS ; ANNABELLE M. BELCHER & ADINA L. ROSKIES ; 2. BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES ; ADINA L. ROSKIES ; 3. OTHER NEUROSCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES ; ADINA L. ROSKIES ; 4. ADMISSIBILITY OF NEUROSCIENTIFIC EXPERT TESTIMONY ; DAVID L. FAIGMAN ; 5. MIND-READING, NEUROSCIENCE, AND THE LAW ; HENRY T. (HANK) GREELY ; 6. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, CRIMINAL COMPETENCE, AND PREDICTION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR ; 7. ADOLESCENT CULPABILITY AND COMPETENCE: IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADJUDICATION ; 7. ADOLESCENT COMPETENCE AND CULPABILITY: IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION ; 8. THE RELEVANCE OF THE NEUROSCIENCE OF ADDICTION TO THE CRIMINAL LAW ; DOUGLAS HUSAK & EMILY MURPHY ; 9. THE FUTURE OF LAW AND NEUROSCIENCE ; 9. NEUROSCIENCE AND THE LAW: LOOKING FORWARD ; GLOSSARY ; INDEX

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• Authors: Stephen J. Morse, Stephen J. (EDT)/ Roskies Morse
• Assisted by: Stephen J. Morse (Editor), Morse Stephen J. (Editor), Adina L. Roskies (Editor), Roskies Adina L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2013
• EAN: 9780199859177
• ISBN: 978-0-19-985917-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy; Oxford Series in Neuroscience,; Oxford Neuroscience, Law, and
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Criminal law & procedure, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Neurosciences, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Physiological psychology, neuropsychology, biopsychology