دانلود کتاب Neurolaw

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Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Legal Perspectives
Possibilities and Limitations of Neuroscience in the Legal Process
Introduction
Action Responsibility
Mens Rea
Capacity Responsibility
Liability and Responsibility
Prevention of Re-offending
Summary and Conclusions
References
Νeuroscience and Dangerousness Evaluations: The Effect of Neuroscience Evidence on Judges. Findings from a Focus Group Study
Introduction
Neuroscience as a Better Tool for Evaluations of Future Dangerousness/recidivism Risk?
Ethical and Legal Concerns: Neuroscience as a Risk for Offenders’ Individual Rights
The Effect of Neurobiological Evidence on Judges and Jurors: Findings from Studies
The Effect of Neuroscientific Evidence on Judges: First Findings of a Pilot Study from Focus Groups
Selecting the Focus Groups’ Method
Team Design and Composition
Findings from the Focus Group Consisting of Judges and Lawyers
Contribution of Neuroscientific Data to the Improvement of the Quality of Psychiatric Expert Opinions
The Relationship Between an Expert Opinion Incorporating Neuroscientific Data as Means of Evidence and the Principle of Free Evaluation of Evidence
The Issue of Dangerousness: Correlation Between Dangerousness, Mental Illness and Neurobiological Data
Neurobiological Data as Evidence of Reduced Responsibility in the Context of a Defence Strategy
Discussion
Limitations
Conclusion
References
The Need for a Partial Defence of Diminished Capacity and the Potential Role of the Cognitive Sciences in Helping Frame That Defence
Introduction
Responsibility, Culpability and Fair Fault Ascription
Blameworthiness and Hard Determinism
The Current Situation: Determinism v. Free Will, Responsibility, Rationality and Blame
Lessons from Neuroscience
Juveniles, Responsibility and Blame
Mental Disorder, Responsibility and Blame
The Need to Recognize Diminished Capacity
Conclusion
Bibliography
Coercion and Control and Excusing Murder?
Introduction
Recognizing Behavioural Excuses?
Difficulties: Recognizing the Effects of Coercion and Control in Criminal Defences
Coercion and Control as a Defence?
Reform of the Partial Defences to Murder—The New Partial Defences
Problems with Mitigating Responsibility for Murder
Is Neuroscience Helpful in Providing an Objective Viewpoint?
Problems with the Development of the Law
Conclusion
References
Reading the Sleeping Mind: Empirical and Legal Considerations
Introduction
Reading the Sleeping Mind: Empirical Considerations
The Polygraph
Memory Detection
Memory Detection During Sleep
Reading the Sleeping Mind: Legal Considerations
Introduction
Material that Exists (In)dependent of the Will of the Suspect
The Categorization of the Sleeping Suspect’s Guilty Knowledge
The Categorization of the Biological Trace
The Categorization of the Cognitive Trace
Conclusion
References
‘Brain-Reading’ in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychiatry: Towards an Integrative Legal-Ethical Approach
Introduction
The Relevance of Brain-Reading for Forensic Psychiatry and Criminal Proceedings
Central Issues in the Ethical and Legal Debate: Learning from Each Other
Autonomy
Confidentiality
Trust
Conclusion
References
Ethical Perspectives
A Biopsychosocial Approach to Idiopathic Versus Acquired Paedophilia: What Do We Know and How Do We Proceed Legally and Ethically?
Introduction
Aetiology
Neural Correlates
Modus Operandi
Possible Treatments
Legal Implications for Punishment
Idiopathic Paedophilia
Acquired Paedophilia
Ethical Implications Related to Treatment in Offenders with Idiopathic Paedophilia
Conclusion
References
Three Rationales for a Legal Right to Mental Integrity
Introduction
The Appeal to Intuition
The Appeal to Justificatory Consistency
The Appeal to Technological Development
Concluding Thoughts
References
Neurointerventions and Crime Prevention: On Ideal and Non-ideal Considerations
Introduction
Ideal Penal Theory and Non-ideal Penal Practice
Current Use of Neurointerventions
The Significance of the Ideal/Non-ideal Distinction for Ethical Theorizing
Conclusion
Bibliography
Neuroscience and the Moral Enhancement of Offenders: The Exceptionally ‘Good’ Brain as a Thought Experiment
Introduction
The Source of Intractability: Philosophy not Neuroscience
An Alternative View
The Good Person
Slightly Less Intractable for the ‘Good Person’
Implications for Enhancement of Offenders
Conclusion
Bibliography
Retributivism, Consequentialism, and the Role of Science
Introduction: Science and the Law
Consequentialism Naturalized
Retributivism Naturalized
Conclusion: The Middle Way of Neurolaw
References
Index