NEUROSCIENCE AND THE LAW

2003 Invitational Workshop

Lawyers, judges, legal scholars, philosophers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and neuroscientists gathered in September 2003 to discuss the emerging relationship between neuroscience and law.  The invitational workshop added to the larger public discourse by distinguishing main concerns and future aims.  Topics included monitoring and imaging the brain, brain modification, and what advances in neuroscience might mean for the legal system. Two publications were generated as result of the workshop, Neuroscience and the Law: Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice, Summary Report; and a book entitled, Neuroscience and the Law: Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice.  For more details on these and the entire workshop, please click on the links below.

Main | Products | Workshop Participants | October 2004 News Article

Judicial Seminars on Emerging Issues in Neuroscience

AAAS and its collaborators have convened seminars to inform judges of the issues they may encounter in light of new developments in neuroscience.  Selected federal and state judges have heard leading neuroscientists reflect on such topics as the neuroscience of moral decision, violence and the brain, memory and lie detection, and states of consciousness.  Please see the following links for more details on specific seminars that have taken place across the country. The next seminar will take place on October 6-7, 2008 in Houston, TX.

Agendas: June 2006 Agenda: Washington, DC | December 2006 Agenda: Stanford University | November 2007 Agenda: Reno, NV | May 2008 Agenda: Chicago, IL | August 2008: New York, NY

More Information: July 2006 News Article | January 2008 News Article | Speaker Bios/Powerpoint Presentations provided by the National Center for State Courts