Neurolaw : A Conversation with Nita Farahany.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (48 pages)
- Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series .
- Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series .
Intro -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- The Conversation -- I. Neurolegal Beginnings -- II. Framing the Issues -- III. Ineffective Legal Counsel -- IV. Taking the Fifth -- VI. Moral Ownership -- VI. Administering Bioethics -- Continuing the Conversation.
This book is based on an in-depth conversation with 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 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 a detailed introduction, questions for discussion at the end of each chapter and connections with other books in the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series.
9781771700474
Personal injuries--Trial practice. Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Law and legislation--United States. United States.