Palgrave Macmillan | Neurolaw: Advances In Neuroscience, Justice & Security (2021 EN)

Author: Sjors Ligthart (Editor), Dave van Toor (Editor), Tijs Kooijmans (Editor), Thomas Douglas (Editor), Gerben Meynen (Editor)
Full Title: Neurolaw: Advances In Neuroscience, Justice & Security
Publisher: ‎Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2021 edition (May 5, 2021)
Year: 2021
ISBN-13: 9783030692773 (978-3-030-69277-3), 9783030692766 (978-3-030-69276-6)
ISBN-10: 3030692779, 3030692760
Pages: 278
Language: English
Genre: Psychology: Forensic Psychology
File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True)
Quality: 10/10
Price: 106.99 €


This edited book provides an in-depth examination of the implications of neuroscience for the criminal justice system. It draws together experts from across law, neuroscience, medicine, psychology, criminology, and ethics, and offers an important contribution to current debates at the intersection of these fields. It examines how neuroscience might contribute to fair and more effective criminal justice systems, and how neuroscientific insights and information can be integrated into criminal law in a way that respects fundamental rights and moral values.

The book’s first part approaches these questions from a legal perspective, followed by ethical accounts in part two. Its authors address a wide range of topics and approaches: some more theoretical, like those regarding the foundations of punishment; others are more practical, like those concerning the use of brain scans in the courtroom. Together, they illustrate the thoroughly interdisciplinary nature of the debate, in which science, law and ethics are closely intertwined. It will appeal in particular to students and scholars of law, neuroscience, criminology, socio-legal studies and philosophy.


Overview:
✓ Provides an overview of the nascent field of Neurolaw
✓ Considers the reliability, interpretation, and risk of coercion of neuroscientific technologies within criminal justice
✓ Reviews the legal and ethical implications of using neuroscientific technologies in criminal proceedings

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