Law and Neuroscience: Recommendations Submitted to the President's Bioethics Commission
Journal of Law and Biosciences, vol 1, pp 224-236 (2014)
13 Pages Posted: 31 Aug 2014 Last revised: 27 Jul 2015
Owen D. Jones
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences
Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia School of Law
BJ Casey
Yale University - Department of Psychology
Andre Davis
US Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit
David L. Faigman
UC Law, San Francisco
Morris B. Hoffman
Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado
Read Montague
Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Stephen Morse
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Marcus E. Raichle
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Neurology; Washington University in St. Louis - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Biomedical Engineering; Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Neuroscience
Jennifer Richeson
Yale University - Department of Psychology
Elizabeth S. Scott
Columbia University - Law School
Laurence Steinberg
Temple University - Department of Psychology
Kim A. Taylor-Thompson
New York University School of Law
Anthony D. Wagner
Stanford University - Department of Psychology
Gideon Yaffe
Yale Law School
Date Written: August 29, 2014
Abstract
President Obama charged the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to identify a set of core ethical standards in the neuroscience domain, including the appropriate use of neuroscience in the criminal-justice system. The Commission, in turn, called for comments and recommendations.
The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience submitted a consensus statement, published here, containing 16 specific recommendations. These are organized within three main themes: 1) what steps should be taken to enhance the capacity of the criminal justice system to make sound decisions regarding the admissibility and weight of neuroscientific evidence?; 2) to what extent can the capacity of neurotechnologies to aid in the administration of criminal justice be enhanced through research?; and 3) in what additional ways might important ethical issues at the intersection of neuroscience and criminal justice be addressed?
Keywords: law and neuroscience, psychology, neurolaw, criminal responsibility, tort liability, evidence, brain, memory, injury, emotion, lie detection, judging, psychopathy, fMRI, EEG, decision making, neuroethics, bioethics, punishment, sentencing
JEL Classification: K14, K40, K42
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Owen D. Jones (Contact Author)
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences ( email )
131 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203-1181
United States
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Richard J. Bonnie
University of Virginia School of Law ( email )
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Charlottesville, VA 22903
United States
BJ Casey
Yale University - Department of Psychology ( email )
P.O. Box 208205
New Haven, CT 06520-8205
United States
HOME PAGE: http://psychology.yale.edu/people/bj-casey
Andre Davis
US Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit ( email )
United States
Morris B. Hoffman
Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado ( email )
Denver, CO
United States
Read Montague
Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute ( email )
2 Riverside Circle
Roanoke, VA 24016
United States
540-526-2000 (Phone)
HOME PAGE: http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/read-montague/
Stephen J. Morse
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School ( email )
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States
Marcus E. Raichle
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Neurology ( email )
St. Louis, MO
United States
Washington University in St. Louis - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology ( email )
St. Louis, MO
United States
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Biomedical Engineering ( email )
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Campus Box 1208
Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899
United States
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Neuroscience ( email )
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
United States
Jennifer Richeson
Yale University - Department of Psychology ( email )
P.O. Box 208205
New Haven, CT 06520-8205
United States
HOME PAGE: http://psychology.yale.edu/people/jennifer-richeson
Elizabeth S. Scott
Columbia University - Law School ( email )
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New York, NY 10025
United States
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(212) 854-7946 (Fax)
Laurence Steinberg
Temple University - Department of Psychology ( email )
Weiss Hall
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Philadelphia, PA 19122
United States
Kim A. Taylor-Thompson
New York University School of Law ( email )
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New York, NY 10012-1099
United States
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(212) 995-4031 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=20328
Anthony D. Wagner
Stanford University - Department of Psychology ( email )
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
(650) 723-4048 (Phone)
(650) 725-5699 (Fax)
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