Law and the Brain
Justin Miller Award Recipient
Nathan S. Chapman
Justin Miller Award Category
Intellectual Curiosity
Justin Miller Award Date
2007
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.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2006
ISBN
9780198570110