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Author:   Burkhard Schafer ,  Maksymilian Del Mar ,  Dr. Maksymilian Del Mar
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.276kg
ISBN:  

9781409452225

ISBN 10:   1409452220
Pages:   546
Publication Date:   01 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: of empires and revolutionaries. Part I Science, Realism and Naturalism: Law & geometry: legal science from Leibniz to Langdell, M.H. Hoeflich; Rules of law, laws of science, Wai Chee Dimock; Naturalizing jurisprudence: three approaches, Brian Leiter. Part II Science on Trial: Commentary: science at the bar - causes for concern, Larry Laudan; Response to the commentary: pro judice, Michael Ruse; Commentary: science v. creation-science, William A. Thomas; Two stories of the Scopes trial, Lawrance M. Bernabo and Celeste Michelle Condit; The evolving role of the courts in educational policy: the tension between judicial, scientific, and democratic decision making in Kitzmiller v. Dover, Benjamin Michael Superfine. Part III Proof and Truth: Trial by mathematics: precision and ritual in the legal process, Laurence H. Tribe; Irreconcilable differences? The troubled marriage of science and law, Susan Haack; A science of evidence: contributions from law and probability, David A. Schum. Part IV System and Change: Gödel and Langdell - a reply to Brown and Greenberg’s use of mathematics in legal theory, David R. Dow; The zones of cyberspace, Lawrence Lessig; Rationality and the taming of complexity, Ronald J. Allen; Legal evolution: integrating economic and systemic approaches, Simon Deakin. Part V Science and Legal Concepts: The jurisprudence of genetics, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and Dorothy Nelkin; The biology of culpability: pathological identity and crime control in a biological culture, Nikolas Rose; Philosophical foundations of law and neuroscience, Michael S. Pardo and Dennis Patterson; Responsible choices, desert-based legal institutions, and the challenges of contemporary neuroscience, Michael S. Moore. Name index.

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Maksymilian Del Mar is Reader in Legal Theory at Queen Mary University of London and Burkhard Schafer is Professor of Computational Legal Theory at the University of Edinburgh, UK. M.H. Hoeflich, Wai Chee Dimock, Brian Leiter, Larry Laudan, Michael Ruse, William A. Thomas, Lawrance M. Bernabo, Celeste Michelle Condit, Benjamin Michael Superfine, Laurence H. Tribe, Susan Haack, David A. Schum, David R. Dow, Lawrence Lessig, Ronald J. Allen, Simon Deakin, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, Dorothy Nelkin, Nikolas Rose, Michael S. Pardo, Dennis Patterson, Michael S. Moore

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