Neuroscience and the Law Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice A Report on an Invitational Meeting Convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and

How can discoveries in neuroscience influence America's criminal justice system?Neuroscience and the Lawexamines the growing involvement of neuroscience in legal proceedings and considers how scientific advances challenge our existing concepts of justice. Based on an invitational meeting convened by the Dana Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the book opens with the deliberations of the twenty-six scientists and legal scholars who attended the conference and concludes with the commissioned papers of four distinguished scholars in law and brain research.Contributors:Michael S. GazzanigaHenry T. GreeleyLaurence TancrediStephen MorseGarland, Brent is the author of 'Neuroscience and the Law Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice A Report on an Invitational Meeting Convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and', published 2004 under ISBN 9781932594041 and ISBN 1932594043.