• Casebook Image Resized copyJohn Monahan, Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry, and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia

    “In Law and Neuroscience, Owen Jones, Jeffrey Schall, and Francis Shen have produced a remarkably accessible and profoundly thought-provoking account of the uses of cutting-edge brain science in courtrooms and policymaking. Their analysis is as trenchant as their coverage is broad, spanning topics as diverse as lie-detection, judging, emotions, memory, and the adolescent brain. With the publication of this landmark …” [continue reading]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyFred Schauer, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

    “Perspectives from modern neuroscience are increasingly a central part of judicial, policy, and academic discussions of criminal law, torts, evidence, law and mental health, juvenile law, family law, and many other legal fields. Jones, Schall, and Shen have assembled a volume that is extraordinarily comprehensive, admirably balanced, and thorough in its use of materials from both law and from neuroscience. In its use of reported and unreported cases, scientific reports and articles, trial transcripts, and much else, this book is  …” [continue reading]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyStephen Morse, Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law; Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry; Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society, University of Pennsylvania Law School

    “Not only have Jones, Schall and Shen written a superb, richly intellectual and rigorously challenging casebook, they have also created and defined a fascinating new field of legal study. Students, professors and practicing lawyers will benefit for years to come.” — [Read More Comments]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyMarcus Raichle, Professor of Radiology, Neurology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine; 2014 Kavli Prize Recipient

    “As the law seeks to regulate behavior in the interest of a more just society it is being confronted with an exponentially increasing amount of information on the human brain and behavior that must be understood if it is to be applied wisely. This ground-breaking text is destined to play a pivotal role in the education of legal scholars, judges, and law students as they seek to understand …” [continue reading]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyJoshua Greene, Professor of Psychology; Director, Moral Cognition Lab, Harvard University

    “Human behavior is caused by the brain and regulated by the law. No surprise, then, that neuroscience raises profound legal questions. Some questions are new, arising from technologies promising to solve longstanding legal problems. Others are old questions about human nature, posed with renewed urgency as souls give way to neurons. From courtroom procedure to philosophical paradox, this volume is the definitive guide to the subject of law and neuroscience, covering every major issue …” [continue reading]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyPatricia Churchland, UC President’s Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego

    “In their magnificent achievement, Jones, Schall and Shen pooled their expertise to bring us a uniquely comprehensive study of the law and the relevance to it of discoveries in neuroscience. Easily navigable and illustrated by a memorable selection of cases, this volume should find a place on the desk-front and ipad of every law student, philosopher, psychologist, neuroscientist, journalist — indeed, just about anyone with any interest in the brain and the law. Yes, it is a textbook, but all the same, I found it a completely compelling read.” — [Read More Comments]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyMartha Farah, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

    “This will be the definitive source for learning about neurolaw, for students and practitioners alike. The editors combed the sizable literature on law, decision neuroscience, developmental neuroscience and other relevant topics to arrive at a well-chosen set of readings that capture the state of the art in neurolaw. To that they added substantial original introductory material, to equip readers with the necessary background, and excellent questions and topics for discussion, for use in the classroom or by individual readers who wish to  …” [continue reading]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyLarry Squire, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences,
and Psychology, University of California, San Diego; Research Career Scientist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Diego

    “This expertly-edited, masterly volume brings together a wide variety of material from case reports, magazine articles, scholarly journals, and books and interleaves this with summaries, notes, and questions as well as useful introductory text about the brain, cognition, and brain imaging. This will be an excellent course book for exploring ways in which neuroscience has become relevant to criminal and civil law.” — [Read More Comments]

  • Casebook Image Resized copyRobert M. Sapolsky, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor and Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery, Stanford School of Medicine

    “It’s a relief when something new and wildly trendy is actually worth the hype. We have an instance of this concerning the emerging interdisciplinary field of “neurolaw,” the attempt to bring contemporary neuroscience into the workings of the legal system. This is certainly a good thing, since advances in brain science should upend notions of free will, volition, culpability and responsibility. …” [continue reading]

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An Emerging Field
The implications for law of new neuroscientific techniques and findings are now among the hottest topics in legal, scientific, academic, and media venues. Neurolaw has been featured in The New York Times, Science, Scientific American, NPR, and many other outlets.

About the Book
Law and Neuroscience is the first coursebook to cover the newly emerging field that explores both the promise within and the limitations of the intersection of these two disciplines … [continue reading]

Courses in Neurolaw
Since 2006, over 20 schools have offered courses in Law and Neuroscience. Schools offering the course currently or recently include: Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Harvard, Yale, Cincinnati, William & Mary, and Duquesne. … [continue reading]