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Critical Race Science And Critical Race Philosophy Of Science, Paul Gowder
Critical Race Science And Critical Race Philosophy Of Science, Paul Gowder
Fordham Law Review
Over several decades, feminist philosophy of science has revealed the ways in which much of science has proceeded from “mainstream” assumptions that privilege men and other hierarchically superordinate groups and existing socially constructed conceptions of gender. In doing so, it has produced a research program that, while rooted in the post- Kuhnian philosophy and sociology of science that has been taken up by many students of scientific method more generally, has been used to critique great swathes of modern science and to reveal both the biases of the mainstream, and the transformative potential of a science that proceeds from the …
Weaving Functional Brain Imaging Into The Tapestry Of Evidence: A Case For Functional Neuroimaging In Federal Criminal Courts, Adam Teitcher
Weaving Functional Brain Imaging Into The Tapestry Of Evidence: A Case For Functional Neuroimaging In Federal Criminal Courts, Adam Teitcher
Fordham Law Review
Recent advances in brain imaging technologies allow researchers to "peer inside" a defendant's brain. Although functional neuroimaging evidence is frequently used in civil litigation, federal courts have been hesitant to admit it into evidence in criminal trials. Scholars and commentators alike continue to debate the merits, detriments, and general admissibility of functional neuroimaging evidence in the criminal context. Meanwhile, federal judges repeatedly admit various forms of forensic science into evidence without evaluating them under the appropriate admissibility standards. This Note argues that this has created a double standard for evidence admissibility. Functional neuroimaging evidence may, in fact, be more scientifically …
Human Embryo Experimentation: Regulation And Relative Rights, Christine L. Feiler
Human Embryo Experimentation: Regulation And Relative Rights, Christine L. Feiler
Fordham Law Review
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Listening To Tribal Legends: An Essay On Law And The Scientific Method, Nancy Levit
Listening To Tribal Legends: An Essay On Law And The Scientific Method, Nancy Levit
Fordham Law Review
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Science Can Get The Confession, Walter G. Summers
Science Can Get The Confession, Walter G. Summers
Fordham Law Review
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