On the Relevance of Neuroscience to Criminal Responsibility
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On the Relevance of Neuroscience to Criminal Responsibility
Various authors debate the question of whether neuroscience is relevant to criminal responsibility. However, a plethora of different techniques and technologies, each with their own abilities and drawbacks, lurks beneath the label ‘‘neuroscience’’; and in criminal law responsibility is not a single, unitary and generic concept, but it is rather a syndrome of at least six different concepts. Con...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Criminal Law and Philosophy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1871-9791,1871-9805
DOI: 10.1007/s11572-009-9087-4