Time to think differently: catalysing a paradigm shift in forensic science.

نویسندگان

  • Sue Black
  • Niamh Nic Daeid
چکیده

It has been a privilege to be part of the adventure that culminated in the Royal Society’s twin events designed to enable and encourage the forensic science community to come together to discuss and plan a vision for the future, not only for the UK, but as partners in a global ecosystem. It is also an honour to present a collection of some of the presentations within the pages of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in its 350th year, an anniversary that it shares coincidently with the octocentennial celebration of the Magna Carta— the earliest moral and ethical script for the basis of our modern judicial system. In 1297, the Magna Carta was finally incorporated into English statute law and while today it is perhaps viewed as a document of almost mythical influence, it retains the ability to transcend barriers of language and divisions of culture and ideology. It is based on the principles of freedom, democracy, justice and Rule of Law and philosophers allege that when these are denied, we should prepare to embrace the inevitability of injustice. The strength of the ethos embedded within the Magna Carta still resonates today in many laws associated with human rights including the US Bill of Rights (1791), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the European Convention on Human Rights (1950). Only the spirit of clauses 39 and 40 of the original document remain identifiable within English law:

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

دوره 370 1674  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015