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Neuroscientific Evidence In The Law: Fascinating Science, But To Laymen It's Still Phrenology, John M. Mccarthy
Neuroscientific Evidence In The Law: Fascinating Science, But To Laymen It's Still Phrenology, John M. Mccarthy
John M McCarthy
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Neuroscientific Evidence in the Law: Fascinating Science, But to Laymen It's Still Phrenology by John M. McCarthy J.D. Yale, 1977
Cognitive neuroscience is one of biology's most exciting specialties, but outside of laboratories, "neuroscience" is not "science" but something else. The article examines what it is. This bears on today's burgeoning "neuro-" applications in the law, including "neuroethics". The article argues that neuroscientific findings should be excluded today from legal contexts, because valid scientific findings do not exist concerning the complex mental performances pertinent to adjudication.
Laymen and neuroscientists embrace a theoretical paradigm that is over two centuries old: …
Brain, Gender, Law: A Cautionary Tale, Carlin Meyer
Brain, Gender, Law: A Cautionary Tale, Carlin Meyer
NYLS Law Review
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The Impact Of Neuroscience On Health Law, Stacey A. Tovino
The Impact Of Neuroscience On Health Law, Stacey A. Tovino
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Advances in neuroscience have implications for criminal law as well as civil and regulatory law, including health, disability, and benefit law. The role of the behavioral and brain sciences in health insurance claims, the mental health parity debate, and disability proceedings is examined.