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December 19, 2013
This message brings news about:
A) Recent or Forthcoming Neurolaw Publications
B) Neurolaw Media & News Clippings
C) Conferences & Speaker Series
A. Recent or Forthcoming Neurolaw Publications
- Research Network Knowledge Brief: Network OverviewThe MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience has recently released a brief Network Overview , which highlights the research of the Network in the areas of mental states, adolescent development, and evidence. Network Overview is available here: /networkoverview.pdf
- Gideon Yaffe, Neurologic Disorder and Criminal Responsibility, Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 118 (3rd series) Ethical and Legal Issues in Neurology 345 (J.L. Bernat & R. Beresford, Eds, Elsevier, 2013).
- Ilina Singh, Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong, and Julian Savulecu (eds). Bioprediction, Biomarkers, and Bad Behavior: Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Challenges , Oxford University Press (2013).
- Matthias Mahlmann, Neuroscience and the Law: Concerns, Questions and Promises, Bulletin Vereinigung der Schweizerischen Hochschuldozierenden 44 (2011).
- Sabine Müller, Henrik Walter, & Markus Christen, When Benefitting a Patient Increases the Risk for Harm for Third Persons - The Case of Treating Pedophilic Parkinsonian Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation , Int J Law Psychiatry (2013).
- James E. Ryan , Poverty as Disability and the Future of Special Education Law , 101 Geo. L.J. 1455 (2013).
- Sarah Becker, A Glimpse into the Future? The Current, Potential, and Appropriate Role of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Evidence as a Predictor of Dangerousness in the American Criminal Sentencing Context , University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Master of Laws Thesis (2013).
- Ullrich Wagner, Karim N’Diaye, Thomas Ethofer, Patrik Vuilleumier, Guilt-Specific Processing in the Prefrontal Cortex , 21 Cerebral Cortex 2461 (2011).
B. Neurolaw Media & News Clippings
- “University of Pennsylvania offers a boot camp on brain science” – Kevin Davis recentlypublished an article in the American Bar Association Journal about the University of Pennsylvania Neuroscience Boot Camp. To read the piece, visit: http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/penn_state_offers
_a_boot_camp_on_brain_science/ - “Neuroscience Is Getting Its Day in Court, Whether It’s Ready or Not” – Greg Miller recently published an article on Wired about the use of brain scanning technology in court. To read the piece, visit: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/12/brain-science-law/
- “Did Brain Scans Just Save a Convicted Murderer From the Death Penalty?” – Greg Miller also recently published a piece on Wired about the use of brain scanning evidence and the sentencing of John McCluskey. To read the article, visit: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/12/murder-law-brain/
C. Conferences & Speaker Series
- Law and Neuroscience: Revising the Legal Standard for Insanity: The European University Institute and the Centre for Judicial Cooperation are co-sponsoring Law and Neuroscience: Revising the Legal Standard for Insanity on June 6 – 7, 2014 at Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia. The conference program will be announced soon. For more information, please click here.
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Owen D. Jones
New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law
Professor of Biological Sciences
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Vanderbilt University
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