Table Of ContentLAW AND NEUROSCIENCE
CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES 2010
VOLUME 13
CURRENT LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
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Law and Neuroscience
Current Legal Issues 2010
VOLUME 13
Edited by
MICHAEL FREEMAN F.B.A.
Professorof English Law
University College London
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Preface
The essays in this volume are the product of UCL’s 13th international inter-
disciplinary colloquium held in July 2009. We had previously held a conference
on this subject in February 2008, which has been published as Law, Mind and
Brain,editedbymyselfandOliverGoodenough(Farnham,Ashgate,2009).
Neuroscienceoffersmanychallengestothelawyer,andthesearetakenupinthis
volume.Boththevalueandlimitsofneurosciencetothedisciplineandpracticeof
lawareexplored,andthereis,appropriately,anoteofhealthyscepticism.Thebook
bringstogethermanyoftheleadingthinkersontheinterdisciplineandthusoffers
a source for jurists, neuroscientists, practising lawyers (particularly those in the
criminallaw),andpolicy-makers.Therangeofsubjectscoverediswide.Thereare
severalpapersonneuroimaging,in particular in relationtocriminalresponsibility
andinrelationtoevidence.Therearepapersonjuvenilejustice,ontort,inparticular
on emotional harm. There are papers also on end-of-life decisions, for example on
thePVScondition.Anddecisionsonthebeginningoflifearealsoconsidered.There
isdiscussionofreligion,oftherighttosilence,andhowjurorsprocessinformation.
Papers consider such questions as empathy, and on conflicts between our moral
intuitionsandlegaldoctrine.Papersalsoofferhistoricalinsights.
This colloquium and volume could not have been put together without the
assistance of Professor Semir Zeki, Professor of Neuroesthetics at UCL. He also
gave a public lecture at the colloquium, which unfortunately we are not able to
include in this volume. As ever Lisa Penfold provided amazing support, as did
JacquiBennettandDeborahBurns.Iamgratefultoallofthesepeople.
It is with some irony that I record that as the volume was going to press I was
diagnosedwithaneurologicaldisease—Parkinson’s.Thiswillnotstopmeproduc-
ing further colloquia and volumes in the series. The 2010 one is on ‘Law and
Childhood Studies’ (5 and 6 July 2010), and the next projected one is ‘Law
and Language’ in July 2011. Further information on ‘Law and Language’ can
be obtained from me ([email protected]) or Dr Fiona Smith (fiona
[email protected]).
MichaelFreeman
April2010
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Contents
ListofContributors xi
1. Introduction:LawandtheBrain 1
MichaelFreeman
2. WhatNeuroscienceCan(andCannot)TellUsaboutCriminal
Responsibility 13
WalterGlannon
3. MensRea,Logic,andtheBrain 29
Gert-JanLokhorst
4. IndeterminismandControl:AnApproachtotheProblemofLuck 41
JohnMartinFischer
5. NeuroscienceandCriminalResponsibility:Proving‘Can’tHelp
Himself’asaNarrowBartoCriminalLiability 61
HenryT.Greely
6. Madness,Badness,andNeuroimaging-BasedResponsibility
Assessments 79
NicoleA.Vincent
7. BrainImagesasEvidenceintheCriminalLaw 97
AdinaL.RoskiesandWalterSinnott-Armstrong
8. TheNeuralCorrelatesofThird-PartyPunishment 115
JoshuaW.Buckholtz,ChristopherL.Asplund,PaulE.Dux,
DavidH.Zald,JohnC.Gore,OwenD.Jones,andRenéMarois
9. Law,Neuroscience,andCriminalCulpability 141
LisaClaydon
10. How(Some)CriminalsAreMade 171
TheodoreY.Blumoff
11. NeuroscienceandPenalLaw:IneffectivenessofthePenalSystems
andFlawedPerceptionoftheUnder-EvaluationofBehaviour
ConstitutingCrime.TheParticularCaseofCrimesRegarding
IntangibleGoods 193
DavidTerracina
12. NeuroscienceandEmotionalHarminTortLaw:Rethinkingthe
AmericanApproachtoFree-StandingEmotionalDistressClaims 203
BetsyJ.Grey
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13. NeuroscienceandIdeology:WhyScienceCanNeverSupplya
CompleteAnswerforAdolescentImmaturity 231
JuneCarbone
14. AdolescentBrainScienceandJuvenileJustice 255
TerryA.Maroney
15. TheNeuroscienceofCrueltyasBrainDamage:LegalFramingsof
CapacityandEthicalIssuesintheNeurorehabilitationofMotor
NeuroneDiseaseandBehaviouralVariantFrontotemporalDementia 283
RobinMackenzieandMohamedSakel
16. TheCarmentisMachine:LegalandEthicalIssuesintheUseof
NeuroimagingtoGuideTreatmentWithdrawalinNewbornInfants 309
DominicWilkinsonandCharlesFoster
17. TheRighttoSilenceProtectsMentalControl 335
DovFox
18. MindsApart:SevereBrainInjury,Citizenship,andCivilRights 367
JosephJ.Fins
19. ReciprocityandNeuroscienceinPublicHealthLaw 385
A.M.Viens
20. PathwaystoPersuasion:HowNeuroscienceCanInformtheStudy
andPracticeofLaw 395
CherylBoudreau,SeanaCoulson,andMathewD.McCubbins
21. TheJuridicalRoleofEmotionsintheDecisionalProcessof
PopularJuries 407
LauraCapraro
22. PossibleLegalImplicationsofNeuralMechanismsUnderlying
EthicalBehaviour 419
DonaldPfaffandSandraSherman
23. WhatHobbesLeftOut:TheNeuroscienceofCompassionand
itsImplicationsforaNewCommon-wealth 433
JamesD.Duffy
24. NeuroscienceandtheFreeExerciseofReligion 449
StevenGoldberg
25. StepstowardaConstructivistandCoherentistTheoryofJudicial
ReasoninginCivilLawTradition 459
EnriqueCáceres
26. EvolutionaryJurisprudence:TheEndoftheNaturalisticFallacy
andtheBeginningofNaturalReform? 483
MorrisB.Hoffman
