Neurolaw

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Nita Farahany, Robert O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Nita Farahany is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies. This wide-ranging conversation examines the growing impact of modern neuroscience on the law, deepening our understanding of a wide range of issues, from legal responsibility to the American Constitution's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.


This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Using our Heads, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:

I. Neurolegal Beginnings - From cadavers to courtrooms
II. Framing the Issues - Atypicalities, compulsion and plea bargaining
III. Ineffective Legal Counsel - Waking up to neuroscience
IV. Taking the Fifth - Neuroscience as a legal lens
V. Moral Ownership - Neuroscience and responsibility
VI. Administering Bioethics - Comparing different approaches



About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:


This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.