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A)   Recent Neurolaw Publications
B) Forthcoming Neurolaw Publications
C) Other Noteworthy Publications from the Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law and Philosophy

 A.    Recent Neurolaw Publications  

  1. Neurointerventions and the Law: Regulation Human Mental Capacity (Nicole A. Vincent, Thomas Nadelhoffer & Allan McCay eds., 2020). 
  2. David Eagleman, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain (2020). 
  3. Joseph Avery,  Greatly Exaggerating Dualism's Death: Neuroscience and U.S. Law , 105 Cornell L. Rev. Online 127, 127-139 (2020). 
  4. Bruning Mariëlle & Jiska Peper,  Giving Children a Voice in Court? Age Boundaries for Involvement of Children in Civil Proceedings and the Relevance of Neuropsychological Insights , 13 Erasmus L. Rev. 31, 31-44 (2020). 
  5. Joseph J. Fins, Cruzan and the Other Evidentiary Standard: A Reconsideration of a Landmark Case Given Advances in the Classification of Disorders of Consciousness and the Evolution of Disability Law , 73 S. Methodist U. 91, 91-117 (2020). 
  6. Adam R. Wagner,  The Criminally Damaged Brain and the Need to Expand Mental Health Courts: A Look at the Traumatized Mind, Unfortunate Criminal Consequences, and the Divergent Paths of Prison or Treatment , 44 Nova L. Rev. 403, 403-440 (2020). 

B. Forthcoming Neurolaw Publications

  1. Susan A. Bandes, Jody Lynee Madeira, Emily Kidd White & Kathry D. Temple,  Introduction , in Edwar Elgar Research Handbook on Law and Emotion (Susan A. Bandes, Jody Lynee Madeira, Emily Kidd White & Kathry D. Temple eds., forthcoming 2020). 
  2. B.J. Casey, Kim Taylor-Thompson, Estée Rubien-Thomas, Maria Robbins, & Arielle Baskin-Sommers,  Healthy Development as a Human Right: Insights from Developmental Neuroscience for Youth Justice , 16 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 9.1, 9.1-9.20 (forthcoming 2020). 

C. Other Noteworthy Publications from the Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law and Philosophy

The Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law and Philosophy continues to grow – with a new book out in 2020.  For convenience, we include a listing here of the entire series so far: 

  1. Conscious Will and Responsibility (Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong & Lynn Nadel eds., 2010). 
  2. Memory and Law (Lynn Nadel & Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong eds., 2012). 
  3. Neuroscience and Legal Responsibility (Nicole A. Vincent ed., 2013). 
  4. Handbook on Psychopathy and Law (Kent A. Kiehl & Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong eds., 2013). 
  5. A Primer on Criminal Law and Neuroscience (Stephen J. Morse & Adina L. Roskies eds., 2013). 
  6. Bioprediction, Biomarkers, and Bad Behavior: Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Challenges (Ilina Singh, Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong & Julian Savulescu eds., 2014). 
  7. Finding Consciousness: The Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law of Severe Brain Damage (Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ed., 2016). 
  8. Matthew L. Baum, The Neuroethics of Biomarkers: What the Development of Bioprediction Means for Moral Responsibility, Justice, and the Nature of Mental Disorder (2016). 
  9. Neurointerventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity (Nicole A. Vincent, Thomas Nadelhoffer & Allan McCay eds., 2020). 

  

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