Neuroscience and Law

Antonio D’Aloia, University of Parma, Department of Law, Politics and International Studies, University Center for Bioethics, Parma, Italy.Maria Chiara Errigo, University of Parma, Department of Law, Politics and International Studies, University Center for Bioethics, Parma, Italy.

• Introduction - Law Challenged. Reasoning about Neuroscience and Law by Antonio D’Aloia.- Part I: Neuroscience and Law: Introductory Reflections: A Wider Scope for Neuroscience and Law by Amedeo Santosuosso.- Why Neuroscience Matters for Law by Oliver R. Goodenough and Micaela Tucker.- “Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea”. The Concept of Guilt in the Age of Cognitive Science by Mario De Caro.- Neuroscience and the “Mute Law” by Antonio Gusmai.- Cognitive Liberty and Human Rights by Paolo Sommaggio and Marco Mazzocca.- Some Reflections on Neuroscience and Civil Law by Laura Tafaro.- Empowering Negotiating Skills in Law Professionals: Neuro-cognitive Applications by Luigi Cominelli, Raffaella Folgieri and Claudio Lucchiari.- The “Mirror Rights”: Reflections on Law and Neuroscience through the Lens of the Greek Tragedy by Filippo Stefanini.- Part II: Neuroscience, Healt Rights and Human Being: New Challenges: Neuroenhancement and Law by Maria Chiara Errigo.- Self-determination, Health and Euality: The Constitutional Protections for Cognitive Enhancement by Rosanna Fattibene.- When the “Age of Science and Technology” Meets the “Age of Rights”.  “Moral” Bioenhancement as a Case Study by Silvia Salardi.- An Epigenetic Pro-action for Moral Development by Giuseppe Turchi.- Brain Computer Interfaces and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Legal Practice and Regulations by Raffaella Folgieri.- Brain Computer Interfaces and the Protection of the Fundamental Rights of the Vulnerable Persons by Federico Gustavo Pizzetti.- Ethical and Legal Issues in Deep Brain Stimulation: An Overview by Sonia Desmoulin-Canselier.- Neuroscience and End-of-life Decisions: What Kind of Coexistence? by Giada Ragone and Benedetta Vimercati.- The Dilemma of Human Brain Surrogates. Scientific Opportunities, Ethical Concerns by Henry T. Greely.- Part III: Mind, Brain and the Courtroom: Opportunities and Controversial Implications: Neuroscientific Evidence and Criminal Trials by Paolo Ferrua.- Neuroscience and Law: Conceptual and Practical Issues by Stephen J. Morse.- Neurobiological Correlates of Antisocial Human Behavior by Ilaria Zampieri, Silvia Pellegrini and Pietro Pietrini.- The Methodology of Forensic Neuroscience by Giuseppe Sartori, Graziella Orrù and Cristina Scarpazza.- (Neuro)Science and the Criminal Trial. Between Scientific Epistemology and Judicial Epistemology by Luciano Calò.- Tailor-made Intentions. Legal Categories and (Neuro)scientific Tools by Stefano Fuselli.- Moral Freedom and Neuroscientific Assessments: Constitutional Features by Andrea Bonomi.- Another Perspective on “Neurolaw”: The Use of Brain Imaging in Civil Litigation Regarding Mental Competence by Sonia Desmoulin-Canselier.- Social Neuroscience, Communication and Collective Behavior: Thinkingabout the Psychic Causation after L’Aquila Earthquake by Francesco Barresi.

“Neuroscience and Law interrogates a wider spectrum of problems raised by the rise of neuroscience as a (potentially) legally pertinent epistemic and operational framework. … the scope is overall admirable and, to me at least, refreshing.” (Riccardo Vecellio Segate, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, April 27, 2022)