Conversations about Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Collections

Ideas Roadshow Collections ; v.15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Mental health laws.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Conversations About Law is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading researchers with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Nita Farahany, Robert O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Duke University;2. Emilie Hafner-Burton, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of International Justice and Human Rights at UC San Diego;3. Elizabeth Loftus, a world-renowned expert on human memory and Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science; Criminology, Law, and Society; Cognitive Science and Law at UC Irvine;4. Julian Roberts, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford;5. Elyn Saks, Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Law, Psychology and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Textual Note

Preface

The Malleability of Memory

A conversation with Elizabeth Loftus

Introduction

I. Memory, Eventually

II. Legal Attraction

III. Inside the Courtroom

IV. The Landscape Shifts

V. Inception

VI. Confirmation

VII. The Temperature Mounts

VIII. Sociological Speculations

IX. Science and Pseudoscience

X. Structural Reform

XI. Scanning Memories

XII. Increasing Awareness

Continuing the Conversation

Criminal Justice

An Examination

A conversation with Julian Roberts

I. Sentencing and Deterrence

II. Plea Bargaining

III. Involving the Victim

IV. Punishment

V. Comparing and Contrasting

VI. Towards the Future

Mental Health

Policies, Laws and Attitudes

A conversation with Elyn Saks

I. A Candid Admission

II. Deepening Understanding

III. Laws and Policies

IV. Empathy

V. Concrete Steps

VI. Summing Up

Improving Human Rights

A conversation with Emilie Hafner-Burton

I. Forging a Path

II. Shifting Perspectives

III. Who Decides?

IV. Going Public

V. Fundamental Questions

VI. The International Criminal Court

VII. Norm Saturation

VIII. Reform

IX. Getting Concrete

X. Stewardship

XI. Reactions and Responses

XII. Public Engagement

Neurolaw

A conversation with Nita Farahany

I. Neurolegal Beginnings

II. Framing the Issues

III. Ineffective Legal Counsel

IV. Taking the Fifth

VI. Moral Ownership

VI. Administering Bioethics.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781771701884

1771701889

9781771701600

1771701609

OCLC:

1255226745