Law and the brain
By: edited by O. Goodenough and S. Zeki.
Contributors: Goodenough, Oliver R.; Zeki, Semir
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780198570110; 9780198570103
Subjects: Law -- Psychological aspects.; Cognitive neuroscience.; Neurosciences -- Social aspects.; Neurobehavioral disorders -- Law and legislation.
Description: Applying our new found knowledge from neuroscience to the discipline of law seems a natural development - the making, considering, and enforcing of law of course rests on mental processes. However, there are real issues that the legal system will face as neurobiological studies continue to relentlessly probe the human mind. This volume represents the first serious attempt to address questions of law as reflecting brain activity, emphasizing that it is the organization and functioning of the brain that determines how we enact and obey laws.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The neuroeconomic path of the law / Morris B. Hoffman; title: How neuroscience might advance the law / Erin Ann O'Hara; title: Law and the sources of morality / Robert A. Hinde; title: Law, evolution and the brain : applications and open questions / Owen D. Jones; title: A neuroscientific approach to normative judgment in law and justice / Oliver R. Goodenough and Kristin Prehn; title: The brain and the law / Terrence Chorvat and Kevin McCabe; title: Neuroeconomics / Paul J. Zak; title: A cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding causal reasoning and the law / Jonathan A. Fugelsang and Kevin N. Dunbar; title: A cognitive neurobiological account of deception : evidence from functional neuroimaging / Sean A. Spence ... [et al.]; title: The property 'instinct' / Jeffrey Evans Stake.