Law & Neuroscience (Aspen Casebooks)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1454813326 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 816 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The implications for law of new neuroscientific techniques and findings are now among the hottest topics in legal, academic, and media venues. Law and Neuroscience a collaboration of professors in law, neuroscience, and biology is the first coursebook to chart this new territory, providing the world s most comprehensive collection of neurolaw materials.Features:Designed from the ground up with extensive e-capability in mind, with each e-chapter extensively linked to outside sources.Technical subjects explained in an accessible and user-friendly manner.Extensive glossary of key terms.Covers highly current material; over 60% of the cases and publications included were published since 2008
The seminal work on this seminal field I'm a lawyer who specializes in life sciences. When I was in law school decades ago, I toiled through many a case book. I recently read this thing cover to cover, literally. I read no casebook cover to cover in law school and that was the last time I picked up one of these eye torturing red tomes. It covers an area of law that is new in that there are analytical neuroscience methods that are becoming more and more prominent in their use in the legal arena. It is ambitious in its goal, covering everything from eyewitness memory, culpabilit